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Tumacan is a grammatically conservative descendant of Old Bhadhagha, spoken near the Tumaca Mountains.

Phonology

Consonants

• /b d dʒ g/ are devoiced to (unaspirated) [p t c k] in all positions.
• /tʃ, dʒ, ʃ/ = [c, ɟ, ç]
• /n, ʟ, ɾ/ distinguish between "fortis" or unlenited [n̪, ɫ, r] and "lenis" or lenited [ð̞̃, ʀ, z].
• th, dh are [ħ, z] word-initially and become [h, z] word-finally.
• /ʉ, ɵ/ are always fully back [uː, oː].

broad r > r; slender r > z

• fr, br, tr, dr, sr, cr, gr > fs, bz, ts, dz, s, ks, gz

grammatical mutation:

Morphology

Nouns

Tumacan retains the Old Bhadhagha possessive suffixes.

Verbs

tumaca could have b-prefixation (lenition or b-) only when there's a direct object

ní on the other hand doesnt trigger lenition (it didn't in OT)