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* I may have overdone the small case system.
* I may have overdone the small case system.
* The tense/aspect system is a bit confused.
* The tense/aspect system is a bit confused.
* A lot of the sound changes seem wildly implausible. The treatment of laryngeals is particularly unlikely.
* A lot of the sound changes seem wildly implausible.  
* In particular, while "[[#Sigmatization|sigmatization]]" seemed like a cool idea at the time, it now strikes me as confusing and generally a pain.
** In particular, while "[[#Sigmatization|sigmatization]]" seemed like a cool idea at the time, it now strikes me as confusing and generally a pain.
** The treatment of laryngeals is also a little too creative.
* A phonemic bilabial~labiovelar contrast? Seriously??
* I was not very careful about the ordering of the soundlaws, resulting in many contradictions.
* I was not very careful about the ordering of the soundlaws, resulting in many contradictions.
* David Salo has suggested that it is unrealistic that the stops are never voiced under any conditions. (Perhaps I should make a rule that the unaspirated stops retain voicing when adjacent to a sonorant? In any case this is not the rule as things stand.)  
* David Salo has suggested that it is unrealistic that the stops are never voiced under any conditions. (Perhaps I should make a rule that the unaspirated stops retain voicing when adjacent to a sonorant? In any case this is not the rule as things stand.)  
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