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for proto-s-wiebic:
what about a GVS (əy > ii > ay > əə > aa > ee and əw > uu > au > oo) in open syllables and another vowel shift (ii ee ay əy)(uu oo aw əw) in closed syllables?
iw > iə and uy > uə as i had before
this is still pre-s-wiebic
(inspired by your first draft of zoomic)
consonant shift: actually, should i use grimm's law for this one and keep ejectives for myuftseezh?

  • nīmə "water" > naymə

numbers:
sorry
səyḱ'u > /si:c'u/
kʷ'li > *k'lī > /k'laj/
sqā > /sqa:/ (vowel raising shifts blocked after uvulars)
māwi > /me:wi/
payku > /pə:ku/
hə̄ƛix̌ > /ha:tɬiχ/
c̣ʼəthə̄ > /tʂətta:/
pʼaŋud > /p'aŋud/
ḱ'awń > /c'o:n/
xʷqāx̌ṭʼī > xʷqā̌qṭʼī > xʷqāqṭʼī > /xʷqa:qtaj/
kʷʼə̄cʼiw > /kʷ'a:ts'iə/
cʼiw > /ts'iə/
I'll have to do something with laryngeals - but what
maybe they become breathy voice which makes breathy voiced plosives
ha:tɬiχ > ha:tɬə̤ > ha:dɮʰə
(the vowel shift should depend on the laryngeal)

i love the breathy voice idea
btw I should have more clusters in PM since Dry Icelandic (geminates), Myuftseezh (big clusters) and S-Cuatham (clicks) rely on them

Phonology

Inspired by An Bhlaoighne and Hmoob

Consonants

Proto-X-Wiebic consonants
Labial Denti-alveolar Lateral Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal plain m m n n ɳ ŋ ŋ
breathy voiced mh nh ṇh ɳʱ ŋh ŋʱ
Stop tenuis p p t t ʈ c c k k q q
aspirated ph th ṭh ʈʰ ch kh qh
voiced b b d d ɖ j ɟ g g ɢ ɢ
breathy voiced bh dh ḍh ɖʱ jh ɟʰ gh ɢh ɢʱ
Affricate tenuis ts ts tṣ ʈʂ
aspirated tsh tsʰ tσh tɬʰ tṣh ʈʂʰ
voiced dz dz dẓ ɖʐ
breathy voiced dzh dzʱ dλh dɮʱ dẓh ɖʐʱ
Fricative plain f f s s σ ɬ ʂ ç ç h h
aspirated fh sh σh ɬʰ ṣh ʂʰ çh çʰ
Resonants plain l l ɭ
breathy voiced lh ḷh ɭʱ

Vowels

i u ə a i: u: e: ə: o: a: iə uə əj aj əw aw i u ə a ī ū ē ə̄ ō ā iə uə əi ai əu au