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-|'''Merging of non-high back vowels''', */ɔ/, */a/ > */a/ — *nɔam "we (inclusive or dual)" > *naam > ''nami'' "we"
+|'''Merging of non-high back vowels: */ɔ/, */a/ > */a/''' — *nɔam "we (inclusive or dual)" > *naam > ''nami'' "we"
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-|'''Coelo-Caric labial change''': Merger of the labial stops.
+|'''Reduction of open diphthongs: */ae/ > */a/; */ea/ > */a/''' — *teɸnɔe "speech, language" > *teɸnae > *teɸna > ''dyela'' "to say"; *leɔ "that" > *lea > la "that"; *leɔlen "those" > *lealen > ''lálen''
-* */b/, */m/ > */m/ — *ba "four" > ''mala''; *čtɔb tjɔya "dull sun(light)" > *čtamtjaya > ''cheundala'' "yellow"; *ye mee "from" > *ye-mej > ''yamai''; *hamen "five" > *hamex > ''khamish''
-*This change is prevented where there is adjacent palatalization:
-* */bi/ — *tyabi lale "dance" > ''jabilale''
-* */by/ — *ye byi sen "nine, (lit.) lacking one from ten" > *ye-byi > ''yabi'' "nine"
-* */bj/ — *bene "large" > *bjene > ''byane'' "big"
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-|'''Reduction of open diphthongs: */ae/ > */a/; */ea/ > */a/''' — *teɸnɔe "speech, language" > *teɸnae > *teɸna > ''dyela'' "to say"; *leɔ "that" > *lea > la "that"; *leɔlen "those" > *lealen > ''lálen''
+|'''Prevention of open gemination: */aa/ > */a/; */ee/ > */ej/''' — *nɔam "we (inclusive or dual)" > *naam > *nam > ''nami'' "we"; *ye mee "from" > *ye-mej > ''yamai''
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 |'''Stress accent on the vowel preceding the last consonant or hiatus in a word'''.
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 ** Resulting triphthongs are simplified:
 ** */t(C)ejn/ */d(C)jejn/ > */d(C)jen/ — *teɸnɔe "speech, language" > *djejna > *djena > ''dyela'' "to say"
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+|'''Coelo-Caric labial change''': Merger of the labial stops.
+* */b/, */m/ > */m/ — *ba "four" > ''mala''; *čtɔb tjɔya "dull sun(light)" > *čtamtjaya > ''cheundala'' "yellow"; *ye mee "from" > *ye-mej > ''yamai''; *hamen "five" > *hamex > ''khamish''
+*This change is prevented where there is adjacent palatalization:
+* */bi/ — *tyabi lale "dance" > ''jabilale''
+* */by/ — *ye byi sen "nine, (lit.) lacking one from ten" > *ye-byi > ''yabi'' "nine"
+* */bj/ — *bene "large" > *bjene > ''byane'' "big"
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 |'''Nasal harmony''': A plosive at the end of a consonant cluster and with a neighboring nasal stop becomes a nasal stop — *(C)CPVN > *(C)CNVN, where C is any consonant, V is any vowel, P is any plosive, and N is any nasal consonant — *čtɔb tjɔya "dull sun(light)" > *čtamdjaya > *čnamdjaya > ''cheundala'' "yellow"