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Cauvit (or Saavit), made using this dictionary and a bunch of Wikipedia pages.
Etymology
Proto-Austronesian *Cau and *ita, which is generalised as a plural marker and the -a is lost after being reanalysed as some sort of unnecessary suffix to the *-it- part.
Phonological correspondences
The sound changes from Proto-Austronesian to fit an Inuit-inspired mould are not particularly complicated. To keep things as simple as possible, the target phonology is roughly Proto-Eskimo-Aleut.
| Proto-Austronesian Blust & Trussel 2017 |
Proto-Cauvit PEA-inspired phonology |
|---|---|
| p /p/ | |
| b /b/ | |
| m /m/ | |
| w /w/ | |
| t /t/ | |
| d /d/ | |
| n /n/ | |
| S /s/ | |
| C /t͡s/ | |
| l /l/ | |
| r /ɾ/ | |
| ñ /ɲ/ | |
| s /ç/ | |
| c /c͡ç/ | |
| z /ɟ͡ʝ/ | |
| N /lʲ/ | |
| y /j/ | |
| D /ɖ/ | |
| k | |
| g /g/ | |
| j /ɡʲ/ | |
| ŋ /ŋ/ | |
| q /q/ | |
| h | |
| R /r/ or /ʀ/ |