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===Spirantization===
*/pʰ tʰ ŧʰ kʰ qʰ/ > /ɸ θ ʃ x χ/
*/pʰ tʰ ŧʰ kʰ qʰ/ > /ɸ θ ʃ x χ/
===Radicalization of Uvulars===
*/ɺ/
**> /r/ _V
**> /l/ otherwise
*/q ʁ χ/ > /ʡ ʕ ħ/
*/q ʁ χ/ > /ʡ ʕ ħ/
 
**/ʁ/ > /w/ sometimes
===Vowel changes===
*Radical-coloring: /e i o u y/ > /a e a o e/ _C[+radical]
*Radical-coloring: /e i o u y/ > /a e a o e/ _C[+radical]
*/ēj/ > /ie/
*/ēj/ > /ie/
*/oj uj/ > /y/, /ōj ūj/ > /ȳ/ / _C
*/oj uj/ > /y/, /ōj ūj/ > /ȳ/ / _C
===(De)labialization===
*/*çCw/ > /vC/ # V_V
*/*çCw/ > /vC/ # V_V
*/w/ > /v/ / otherwise
*/w/ > /v/ / otherwise
===Loss of final voiceless consonants===
*C[-voiced] > Ø / _#
*C[-voiced] > Ø / _#
===Contraction/loss of final vowels===
*/a e i o u y/ > Ø / _#
*/a e i o u y/ > Ø / _#
*/ā ē ī ō ū ȳ/ > /a e i o u y/ / _#
*/ā ē ī ō ū ȳ/ > /a e i o u y/ / _#
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*/ēj, ējh/ > /i/ or /ie/ _#
*/ēj, ējh/ > /i/ or /ie/ _#


===(Grammaticalization of object/oblique pronouns somewhere around here)===
(Grammaticalization of object/oblique pronouns somewhere around here)
===Some umlaut===


===Word-final compensatory lengthening===
(some umlaut)
*/e i o u y ē ī ō ū ȳ/ > /ā ie ā ua ȳ ā ē ā ua ē/ _/ħ ʡ/# and /ħ ʡ/ > Ø _#
*/e i o u y ē ī ō ū ȳ/ > /ā ie ā ua ȳ ā ē ā ua ē/ _/ħ ʡ/# and /ħ ʡ/ > Ø _#
*/a e i o u/ > /ā ē ī ō ū/ _h#, h > Ø _#
*/a e i o u/ > /ā ē ī ō ū/ _h#, h > Ø _#
===Medial vowel contraction and loss of /w j h ʔ/===
*/*ahu *aju/ > /*au/, /*ahi *aji/ > /*ai/
*/*ahu *aju/ > /*au/, /*ahi *aji/ > /*ai/
===Miscellaneous coloring===
*/*u *ū/ > /*y *ȳ/ _C[+coronal], sometimes when occuring after the downstep
*/*u *ū/ > /*y *ȳ/ _C[+coronal], sometimes when occuring after the downstep
===2ndary rhotacization===
/z/ > /r/ / _C[+voiced, not /z/]
/z/ > /r/ / _C[+voiced, not /z/]
===Tone correspondences===
*<nowiki>*</nowiki>-# ʔ: downstep alternates between the internal syllable and the ending
*<nowiki>*</nowiki>-# ʔ: downstep alternates between the internal syllable and the ending
*no *-# ʔ: downstep is fixed
*no *-# ʔ: downstep is fixed


[[Category:Diachronics]]
[[Category:Diachronics]]

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