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Inspirations: Vietnamese, Old Irish, Tiberian Hebrew, Maltese

Phonology

p t c k kħ q = /p t k q ʡ ʔ/; ph th ch kh = /f θ x χ/

m n ng; mh nh ngh = /m n ŋ; ṽ (lenis n) (lenis ŋ)/

x s ħ h = /ɬ ʃ ħ h/

b ƀ đ d g ǥ għ = /v (bilabial l) ɮ ð ɣ ʟ ayin/

r l /r l/

i ê e a o ô u = /i e ɛ a ɔ o u/; ă = shva na; ĕ = ultrashort e; ie uo

Ultrashort vowels cannot carry independent tones

6 tones of Vietnamese

has lenition, lateralization and h-prothesis~aspiration mutations

Proto-language

5 vowels: i e a o u, each syllable had high and low tones

allowed syllables: CV, CVn, CVs, CVl (CVnC becomes CV(sokuon)C as in Hebrew)

Todo: Stress patterns for construct nouns and dependent verbs

Morphology

Old Irish-style independent-dependent verbal allomorphy, which includes tone changes (the proto-stage had level tones and was predominantly CV, with geminates, nC and sC clusters. tones in reduced syllables leave a mark on the stressed syllable, making tones more complex)

nouns have unpredictable allomorphs as well, worse than TibH construct state (absolute~construct since easy to justify with stress)