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# Turn PIE *o to low or rising tone via *a and *əˁ. The resulting stage will have 3 to 4 tones depending on dialect, with the new tonal distinction existing in tandem with the inherited pitch accent. At this stage, h₂ and h₃ have tonalized to low tone as well. | # Turn PIE *o to low or rising tone via *a and *əˁ. The resulting stage will have 3 to 4 tones depending on dialect, with the new tonal distinction existing in tandem with the inherited pitch accent. At this stage, h₂ and h₃ have tonalized to low tone as well. | ||
# h₁ tonalizes to high tone, yielding 5 diachronic tones: high (from h₁), mid level, mid rising, low level (unmarked), low rising. The mid level tone merges with the high tone in most descendants. | # h₁ tonalizes to high tone, yielding 5 diachronic tones: high (from h₁), mid level, mid rising, low level (unmarked), low rising. The mid level tone merges with the high tone in most descendants. | ||
== Proto-whateverthisis == | |||
Vowels: {{angbr|*a *ā}} /ə aː/ | |||