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/b/ > /m/ when next to /i/ | /b/ > /m/ when next to /i/ | ||
Ex: bîbl > mīl | Ex: bîbl > mīl | ||
Excrescence: | |||
/l/ > /lb/ when intervocalic | |||
/r/ > /rd/ when intervocalic | |||
/n/ > /nd/ when intervocalic | |||
/m/ > /mb/ when intervocalic | |||
/h/ > /i̯a/~/i/ when intervocalic | |||
/ɦ/ > /ai̯/~/u/ when intervocalic | |||
Decrescence: | |||
/s/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /i/) | |||
/z/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /i/) | |||
/ts/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /a/) | |||
/ʔ/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /a/) | |||
/f/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /u/) | |||
/v/ > /∅/ when marginal (except when next to /u/) | |||
Laws of elision: | Laws of elision: | ||
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Paragoge: in a word with two or just one syllable, if there is a final consonant cluster, a vowel (depending on the nature of the consonant). | Paragoge: in a word with two or just one syllable, if there is a final consonant cluster, a vowel (depending on the nature of the consonant). | ||
EX: gal (*gall) > | EX: palk > palsil | ||
Laws of equalization (used in special cases of other laws) | |||
Haplology: | |||
dadasa > dasa | |||
Compensatory lengthening | |||
bûl (*bbûl) > *uvvūl > ūvūl | |||
gal (*gall) > *galla > gāla | |||
Metathesis: glides only where the stress is | |||
garda, gráda, gadrá | |||
Final devoicing | |||
dad > dat | |||
Intervocalic voicing | |||
ata > ada | |||
/ai̯/ > /eː/ | |||
/i̯a/ > /e/ | |||
/au̯/ > /oː/ | |||
/u̯a/ > /o/ | |||
/u̯i/~/ui̯/ > /ɯ/~/yː/ | |||
/i̯u/~/iu̯/ > /y/~/ɯː/ | |||
/e/ > /i/ | |||
/o/ > /u/ | |||