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==Development==
==Development==
===Classical===
*/ə/ > /i/
*/ə/ > /i/
*/x/ > /h/, seems to remain /x/ before other consonants, especially fricatives.
*/x/ > /h/, seems to remain /x/ before other consonants, especially fricatives.
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*overlong vowels to plain long
*overlong vowels to plain long
*/w, hw/ > /ʋ, ʋ̥/
*/w, hw/ > /ʋ, ʋ̥/
*/{rt,tr,rc,cr,rk,kr}, {rd,dr,rɟ,ɟr}, {rn,nr,rm,mr}, {rs,sr,,ʃr}, {rz,zr,,ʒr}/ > /ʈ, ɖ, ɳ, ʂ, ʐ/, /rk, kr/ only occurs for some areas
*/{rt,tr,rk,kr}, {rd,dr}, {rn,nr,rm,mr}, {rs,sr,,ɕr}, {rz,zr,,ʑr}/ > /ʈ, ɖ, ɳ, ʂ, ʐ/, /rk, kr/ only occurs for some areas
*coda geminates to /Cʰ/
*coda geminates to /Cʰ/
===Late===
*/ʎ/ > /ɕ/
*word final /Cʰ/ > /h/
*voiced aspirates to voiced, developing a minor tonal distinction (mid/low)
*beginning of stress shift to mesostatic throughout
*geminated aspirates to short


==Phonology==
==Phonology==