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*Preserved long nasal vowels into its recent history, then merged them with plain long vowels (but they are kept distinct in writing). | *Preserved long nasal vowels into its recent history, then merged them with plain long vowels (but they are kept distinct in writing). | ||
*Original velars became alveolar before /i/ and postalveolar before /e/. | *Original velars became alveolar before /i/ and postalveolar before /e/. | ||
**This is because palatalization before /i/ and before /e/ occurred separately at different times. | |||
*Original labiovelars became plain velars in all positions. | *Original labiovelars became plain velars in all positions. | ||
*Innovated hard/soft consonant distinction. | *Innovated hard/soft consonant distinction. | ||
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*Glide ''j-'' inserted before word-initial ''e-'' and ''i-'' (long or short). | *Glide ''j-'' inserted before word-initial ''e-'' and ''i-'' (long or short). | ||
*Original ''au'' preserved as a diphthong. | *Original ''au'' preserved as a diphthong. | ||
*Original ''ae'' merged with long ''e'' in most cases, but was kept distinct in 1st declension noun inflectional endings. | *Original ''ae'' merged with long ''e'' in most cases, but was kept distinct in 1st declension noun inflectional endings (later merged in pronunci. | ||
*Original ''oe'' merged with long ''e'' in all cases. | *Original ''oe'' merged with long ''e'' in all cases. | ||