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*Vowels: a i u ā ī ū ō
*Vowels: a i u ā ī ū ō
*Pitch accent: modal ('''á'''), creaky ('''aˀ''')
*Pitch accent: modal ('''á'''), creaky ('''aˀ''')
===Diachronics===
*b > v; ɓ > b; gw > g > γ > x
*Grimm's law: pʰ tʰ ḱʰ kʷʰ qʰ > f θ ʃ x H
*q G q' > H ayin q
*further shifts: kʷ' > kʷ > xʷ
*Vowel shifts: ā > /ɛɪ/ (except before pharyngeals); ō > /əʊ/, u > /ɒ/, iw > /ju:/
*final -ā -ī shorten to -a -i
*Loss of initial glottal stop, then loss of non-prevocalic /r/
*Historical long vowels (also /ɑː/ from historical /ar/) shorten before /ʕ/


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
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