Naeng/Diachronics
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- Harmonization to preinitial vowels
- preinitial vowel reduction
- breathy vowel + p t k > breathy vowel + b d g
- some vowels drop, creating consonant clusters
Sandhi
- th + fric -> fric + t
- ths -> st, as in sehf (go) -> *thsehf -> stehf (to drive) (Modern binsteaf (energy), sămteaf (to energize))
- thf -> ft, e.g. tăfi (laugh) -> *titfi -> tifti (mock)
- rC, lC > Cr, Cl
- ps pt pn png > sp pr fn fng
- tp cp kp > tw tsw cw; breathy vowel + tp tsp kp > thw tsw chw
- ck kc cp pc sc ts > sc sc sp sp st st