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-The '''Ashanic languages''' form a subbranch of the [[Lakovic languages]]. It includes some of the most spoken Lakovic languages, such as [[Windermere]]. It is characterized by some shared innovations:
+The '''Naengic languages''' form a subbranch of the [[Lakovic languages]], including forms of [[Naeng]] and the vernacular [[Tergetian]] languages. It is characterized by some shared innovations:
-#The Ashanic Vowel Shift: A chain vowel shift ä > a > o > u > ü.
+#The Naengic Vowel Shift: A chain vowel shift ä > a > o > u > ü. Exception: -aʔ became -a, not -o.
+#Shift to strong final stress.
 #An associative plural *φam which could be used after a noun.
-#A full set of personal pronouns, with an associative plural suffix in the 2nd and 3rd person plural and a grammaticalization of ''*θ2iisa'' 'this side' for 1st person exclusive.
 #A 4-tense system of past, present, future and imperative/subjunctive.
-#Likely: Preposed possessive pronouns.
+#A full set of personal pronouns, with an associative plural suffix in the 2nd and 3rd person plural and a grammaticalization of ''*tʔej sa'' 'this side' for 1st person plural exclusive.
+#Retains preposed possessive pronouns. (Classical Windermere had those.)
-==Proto-Ashanic phonology==
+PLak φetn Xtar > *hìnθar > inθar by Grassmann
+==Phonology==
 ===Consonants===
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 ==Grammar==
-Both the trigger system, gender, and TAM were still productive. Windermere and Ciêng both fossilized all of this morphology, but in a different order.
-*Classical Windermere fossilized the trigger system first.
-*Ciêng lost the aspect inflections first and the remaining morphology was quickly lost (and tonogenesis happened easily), as it was derivational.
 [[Category:Lakovic languages]]