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|Denasalization of PCC */ʼn/ ([n̪], an interdental nasal stop): | |'''Denasalization of PCC */ʼn/''' ([n̪], an interdental nasal stop): | ||
* Word-initially, it became a simple fricative — */ʼn/ > */ð/ — *ʼnakis "strength" > *ðakis > ''fais'' | * Word-initially, it became a simple fricative — */ʼn/ > */ð/ — *ʼnakis "strength" > *ðakis > ''fais'' | ||
* Intervocalically, it dissimilated into a nasal cluster — */ʼn/ > */mð/ — *teʼni "name" > *temði > ''tevi'' | * Intervocalically, it dissimilated into a nasal cluster — */ʼn/ > */mð/ — *teʼni "name" > *temði > ''tevi'' | ||
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*It is not certain whether this change or the precursors to such a change had already occurred in Proto-Coelo-Caric, as a similar change is observed in Pre-Carichendan. | *It is not certain whether this change or the precursors to such a change had already occurred in Proto-Coelo-Caric, as a similar change is observed in Pre-Carichendan. | ||
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|''' | |'''Merging of PCC */x/, */g/, */č/''' into a new consonant, */ǯ/ [d͡ʒ] — *ča čenta "home world" > *ǯaǯenta > ''zazelta'' "Earth, the world"; *uxa "blue" > *uǯa > ''zva'' | ||
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|''' | |'''*/ŋ/ > */ɴ/''' — *ŋa "to have" > *ɴa > ''a'' | ||
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|''' | |'''Strengthening of PCC voiceless fricatives''' into plosives: | ||
* */ɸ/ > */p/ — *teɸ "two" > ''tep'' | |||
**Thanks to phonotactics, this change triggered a few changes in adjacent consonants, including very early instances of liquid: | |||
** Word-initially, */ɸn/ > */pl/ — *ɸnɔl "date" > *plɔl > '''''Plōr'''manzōmistufet'' "The Day of Five" | |||
** Intervocalically, */ɸn/ > */p/ — *teɸnɔe "speech, language" > *tepɔe > ''tepōi'' "language" | |||
* */þ/ > */t/ — *-þa "possession marker" > ''-ta'' | |||
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|''' | |'''Lenition of the velar plosive */k/''' to a new consonant, */x/ [x] (probably [h] in some environments) — *ʼnakis "strength" > *ðaxis > ''fais'' | ||
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|'''Hiatus epenthesis'''. The epentheme is */n/ if at least one of the vowels is */a/, unless there is a neighboring */n/ already present, in which case it is instead */j/. Otherwise, a new consonant, */w/, breaks the hiatus. | |||
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|'''Loss of [[laryngeal]]s''', phonemicising the [[allophone]]s of {{PIE|/e/}}: | |'''Loss of [[laryngeal]]s''', phonemicising the [[allophone]]s of {{PIE|/e/}}: |
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