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 ===Secondary Roots===
-Secondary roots are derived from primary ones by one of three clearly defined and mostly predictable phonological processes:
+Secondary roots are derived from primary ones by one of two clearly defined and mostly predictable phonological processes:
 * '''Vowel Lengthening''' doubles the vowel of the primary root, e.g. ''ret-'' > ''reet-'', ''tiyk-'' > ''tiiyk''.
-* '''Vowel deletion''' removes the primary vowel enitrely, e.g. ''ker-'' > ''Vkr-'', ''hed-'' > ''Vhd-''. Where this creates an impossible consonant cluster, the reduced vowel ''ə'' /ə/ is inserted (its position depends on the order of the consonants), e.g. ''mlak-'' > ''Vməlk-'', ''dreh-'' > ''Vdərh-''. Where a glide ''w'' or ''y'' remains after the deletion of a vowel, it becomes vocalic ''u'' or ''i'', e.g. ''reyk-'' > ''Vrik-'', ''trayh-'' > ''Vtrih''.
+* '''Reduplication''' involves the addition of the first consonant plus the main vowel of the root to the beginning of a word and the deletion of the main vowel from the root itself, e.g. ''ret- > rert''. Note that rules of phonotactics laid out below are also applied, so e.g. ''ker- > kegr-'' not ''*kekr-''. There are a number of complications to reduplication:
-* '''Reduplication''' involves the addition of the first consonant plus the reduced vowel ''ə'' to the beginning of a word, e.g. ''ret-'' > ''rəret-'', ''sluyn-'' > ''səsluyn-''.
+** Where the root is followed directly by a vowel:
+*** Roots of the structure C<sub>1</sub>VC<sub>2</sub> become C<sub>1</sub>VC<sub>1</sub>C<sub>2</sub>, e.g. ''min- > mimn-''.
+*** Roots containing an internal glide lose the main vowel and convert the glide into a vowel (''y > i'' or ''w > u'', e.g. ''sluyn- > suslin-.
+*** Roots containing an internal liquid lose their main vowel and then insert the reduced vowel ''ə'' before the liquid, e.g. ''mlak- > maməlk-''.
+** Where the root is followed by a consonant:
+*** Roots ending with a glide lose their main vowel and convert the glide to a vowel, e.g. ''biw-n- > bibu-n-''
+*** Roots ending in a liquid lose their main vowel and replace it with ''ə'', e.g. ''ker-n > kekər-n-''
+*** All other roots retain their main vowel, e.g. ''mlak-n- > mamlagn-'', ''ret- > reredn-''
 ===Affixes===