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 * High mid vowels ''ẹ, ọ'' merge with high vowels ''i, u'', e.g. ''mesa > misa'', ''dracọ > trakku''
-* Low-mid ''ǫ'' becomes ''o'' /ɑ/ in stressed syllables and merges with ''a'' in unstressed syllables, e.g. ''homine > omine''
+* Low-mid ''ǫ'' becomes:
+** ''u'' anywhere that ''i, u'' follow in the next syllable, e.g. ''homine > umine''
+** ''ą'' /ɑ/ elsewhere, e.g. ''rota > arątha''
 * Chain shift in which voiced plosives become unaspirated voiceless plosives and voiceless plosives become aspirated voiceless plosives, e.g. ''cadere > khatere''
-** ''b ~ β > p > ph'' (except ''βC > uc'')
+** ''b > p > ph''
 ** ''d > t > th''
 ** ''g > k > kh''
 ** ''qu > qh''
 * Affricate /d͡ʒ/ (from L. ''j, gi'') becomes /t͡ʃ/.
+* Voiced fricatives /z/ and /β/ (from intervocalic allophones of ''s, v, b'') are devoiced to /s/ and /ɸ/, the latter merging with ''f'', e.g. ''vinu > finu'', ''bibere > pifere''
 * Assimilation of consonant clusters, e.g. ''octō'' > ''uttu''
 ** ''mn > nn''
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 ** ''e > ei'' /ɛi/
 ** ''i > ie'' /iː/
-** ''o > au'' /ɑː/
+** ''ą > au'' /ɑː/
 ** ''u > ue'' /uː/
 * /au/ merges with /ɑː/ < L. ''o'', e.g. ''auru > auru'' /ɑːru/