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*The realization of *n likely depended on following consonants, varying between [ŋ] before (labio)velar and glottal consonants and [n] before other consonants, and was possibly in free variation before vowels. | *The realization of *n likely depended on following consonants, varying between [ŋ] before (labio)velar and glottal consonants and [n] before other consonants, and was possibly in free variation before vowels. | ||
*Based on allophones of *n and *e, in early Wascotl *' *h may have been uvular. | *Based on allophones of *n and *e, in early Wascotl *' *h may have been velar or uvular. | ||
**[ç] was likely an allophone of *h before *i. | **[ç] was likely an allophone of *h before *i. | ||
*Whether the consonants listed here as approximants (other than *r which was most likely a trill) were true approximants or voiced fricatives is uncertain. | *Whether the consonants listed here as approximants (other than *r which was most likely a trill) were true approximants or voiced fricatives is uncertain. | ||