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* '''Lenition of medial ''s, sh'' to ''h, x'' and ''ts, tsh'' to ''s, sh'''''.  
* '''Lenition of medial ''s, sh'' to ''h, x'' and ''ts, tsh'' to ''s, sh'''''.  
** This creates new diphthongs and long vowels as ''VhC, VxC'' become ''VVC, ViC''.
** This creates new diphthongs and long vowels as ''VhC, VxC'' become ''VVC, ViC''.
* '''N, L, R''' become ''ng, ɮ, ʐ'' then ''ng, i, z''.  
* '''N, L, R''' become ''ɲ, ʎ, ʐ'' then ''ng, i, z''.
* '''Labialisation and Palatalization:'''  
* '''Palatalization''' of ''t, d, s'' to ''ch, j, sh'' before ''i, y'' and ''n, l, r'' become ''ɲ, ʎ, ʐ'' then ''ng, i, z''.
** ''k, g, t, d'' become ''p, b, s, z'' before ''u''.
* '''Labialization''' of ''k, g, t, d, ng'' to ''p, b, s, z, m'' before ''u''.
** ''t, d, s'' become ''ch, j, sh'' before ''i, y''.
* '''Vowel Lowering:''' an ''a'' causes a preceding ''i, u'' to become ''e, o'', except where it is blocked by an intervening semivowel.
* '''Vowel Lowering:''' an ''a'' causes a preceding ''i, u'' to become ''e, o'', except where it is blocked by an intervening semivowel.
* '''''r''C > CC'''
* '''''r''C > CC'''
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