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*Initial ''w-'' preserved (as ''v-'') except before ''o''. | *Initial ''w-'' preserved (as ''v-'') except before ''o''. | ||
**New ''w'' also became ''v''. | **New ''w'' also became ''v''. | ||
*''nt'' > ''nn'' | |||
*Early palatalization of velars before front vowels to alveolar fricatives. | *Early palatalization of velars before front vowels to alveolar fricatives. | ||
*All labiovelars became plain velars. | *All labiovelars became plain velars. | ||
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*In stop clusters (and some other consonant clusters), the second consonant becomes a fricative. | *In stop clusters (and some other consonant clusters), the second consonant becomes a fricative. | ||
*Assimilation of ''s'' to following consonant in consonant clusters (except word-initially?). | *Assimilation of ''s'' to following consonant in consonant clusters (except word-initially?). | ||
*Intervicalic partial voicing of non-geminated voiceless stops. | |||
*Voicing of voiceless stops after nasals | |||
*Loss of phonemic gemination, but traces preserved. | |||
**Lack of intervocalic voicing of original geminated stops. | |||
**Final ''-n'' > nasalization, but ''-nn'' > ''-n'' | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||