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===Features=== | ===Features=== | ||
====Phonological==== | |||
*Preserves original vowel length and quality. | *Preserves original vowel length and quality. | ||
*Preserved long nasal vowels into its recent history, then merged them with plain long vowels. | *Preserved long nasal vowels into its recent history, then merged them with plain long vowels. | ||
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*Original labiovelars became plain velars in all positions. | *Original labiovelars became plain velars in all positions. | ||
*Innovated hard/soft consonant distinction. | *Innovated hard/soft consonant distinction. | ||
*Glide ''v-'' inserted before word-initial ''o-'' (long or short). | |||
*Glide ''j-'' inserted before word-initial ''e-'' and ''i-'' (long or short). | |||
*Original ''au'' preserved as a diphthong. | |||
*Original ''ae'' monophthongized but kept distinct. | |||
====Grammatical==== | |||
*Preserves case inflection. | |||
*No articles. | *No articles. | ||