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Some "possible" syllables should be disallowed bc of historical sound change, like unasp stop initial + nasal coda + 2nd tone syllables in Mandarin
Some "possible" syllables should be disallowed bc of historical sound change, like unasp stop initial + nasal coda + 2nd tone syllables in Mandarin


After the tone split, Cuam had long, short and ultrashort vowels.
Before having mutations, Cuam had long, short and ultrashort vowels. Mutations come from preceding ultrashort syllables that are lost; this came before the medieval Sinosphere register/tone split affecting most languages in the Sinosphere, resulting in mutation depending on tone. This system of mutations got simplified into noun genders by analogy.


Mutations come from preceding ultrashort syllables that are lost; this has to come after the medieval Sinosphere tone split to not have mutations depend on tone, perhaps around 1600 CE
t d th dh > t t- th dh
==== Orthography ====
==== Orthography ====
A Far East Semitic based abugida
A Far East Semitic based abugida
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