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|'''Merging of non-high back vowels | |'''Merging of non-high back vowels: */ɔ/, */a/ > */a/''' — *nɔam "we (inclusive or dual)" > *naam > ''nami'' "we" | ||
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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'' | ||
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|''' | |'''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'''. | |'''Stress accent on the vowel preceding the last consonant or hiatus in a word'''. | ||
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** Resulting triphthongs are simplified: | ** Resulting triphthongs are simplified: | ||
** */t(C)ejn/ */d(C)jejn/ > */d(C)jen/ — *teɸnɔe "speech, language" > *djejna > *djena > ''dyela'' "to say" | ** */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" | |'''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" |
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