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 Tsan has a deceivingly shallow orthography, and it is important to note that there are a few consonantal processes that are not only commonplace in the language, but compulsory.
-=====Nasalisation=====
+=====Debuccalisation of nasal stops=====
-The most common process is that of nasalisation of historical syllable final nasal stops, that is, '''m''' /m/ and '''n''' /n/. In the Tsan language, these phonemes have been completely lost in all but the word initial positions. As such, intervocalic nasal stops nasalise the preceding vowel, leaving a glottal stop in their place. The glottal stop is deleted in word final and pre-consonantal positions.
+{{red|THE TERMINOLOGY IN THIS SECTION IS PRELIMINARY - Maybe nasal absorption?}}
+:''The most common process is that of debuccalisation of nasal stops, that is, «m» /m/ and «n» /n/. In the language, these phonemes have been completely lost in all but the word initial positions. The nasal stops are debuccalised into a ''coup de glotte'', [ʔ]. The glottal stop is deleted in word final and pre-consonantal positions.''
+:''In tandem with this debuccalisation, the vowels are mandatorily nasalised; sometimes influencing their articulation in manners close to what occurs in French.''
+Émile does not represent the nasalisation and debuccalisation in his transcription of the language. Other linguists prefer to analyse the process as a nasalisation of the preceding vowels, after which the nasals are lost. D'Ivoire defends his assertion by pointing out the widespread glottalisation of intervocalic stops.
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+====Allophony of the velar approximant====
+The velar approximant '''w''' /ɰ/ is a particularly elusive phoneme, and is subject to a great deal of allophony. Émile d'Ivoire describes this phoneme as a chameleon in the language.
+:''The semi-consonant commonly analysed as a velar approximant, is a true ''caméléon'' and has an impressive four different allophones, depending on the following vowel.''
 ==Grammar==