BTW, this is tagged PML (which is 
Mila) instead of PMI, so it shows up on Mila article list.
Mila) instead of PMI, so it shows up on Mila article list. From Proto-Mehêlic to Mehêla
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List of sound changes
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2. Mehēla Grammar
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3. Mehêla Morphology
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4. Mehêla Numbers
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5. Mehêla Phonology
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This is a list of sound changes from 
Proto-Mehêlic to 
Mehêla. The symbol (!) at the beginning of a rule indicates that the rule is only sporadic. N is any nasal or prenasalised consonant.| Rule/Stage | Effect/Additional | Examples | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proto-Mehêlic ~500 BC | ['ŋusa] | [ai̯g'tiːk] | [umpaʔ'ru] | |
| a aː → ə a | ['ŋusə] | [ai̯g'tiːk] | [umpəʔ'ru] | |
| u(ː)[-stress] → o(ː) | [ompəʔ'ru] | |||
| q → ʔ | /e o/ become phonemic | |||
| ai̯ → e | [eg'tiːk] | |||
| s g → t k / _% | [ek'tiːk] | |||
| s → h | ['ŋuhə] | |||
| g → j | ||||
| ”V[-high] → Vː | Loss of phonemic stress; It is now ultimate | [ŋu'hə] | ||
| Old Mehêla ~200 AD | ||||
| {mp, mb} {nt, nd, nr} → ᵐb ⁿd | Nasal cluster reductions | [oᵐbəʔ'ro] | ||
| mw {nj, nh} ŋk → mː nː ŋː | ||||
| nʔ → ʔn | ||||
| b d → ᵐb ⁿd | ||||
| (!) ŋu(ː) → mu(ː) | [mu'hə] | |||
| {pt, kt} kp → tː pː | Stop cluster reductions | [e'tːiːk] | ||
| u → o / _# | [oᵐbəʔ'ro] | |||
| {pː, ph} {tː, th} {kː, kh} → pʰ tʰ kʰ | [e'tʰiːk] | |||
| (!) ᵐb ⁿd → mː nː / #_ | ||||
| {ʔː, ʔh} → ʔ | ||||
| {e, ə} → Ø / #_ ! _(C)# | Loss of some initial vowels | ['tʰiːk] | ||
| (!) o[-stress] → Ø / #_ | ||||
| ʔ → Ø / #_C | ||||
| ə əː → ɐ aː / _# | Loss of /ə/ | [mu'hɐ] | ||
| ə(ː) → o(ː) / _{[+labial], [+round]} | ||||
| ə(ː) → e(ː) | [oᵐbeʔ'ro] | |||
| Middle Mehêla ~1400 AD | The writing system is created | |||
| {p, t, k} → ʔ / _% | Coda stop reductions | ['tʰiːʔ] | ||
| r → l | [oᵐbeʔ'lo] | |||
| Vʔ → V̰ / _% | Loss of coda /ʔ/ & gaining creaky voice | ['tʰḭː] | [oᵐbḛlo] | |
| n → Ø / _% | Loss of coda /n/, the last codas remaining | |||
| V[-creaky] → V́ | Tonogenesis; Loss of stress | [múhɐ́] | [óᵐbḛló] | |
| V̰[-long] → V̀ | [óᵐbèló] | |||
| V̰ː → V̀ː / [-aspirated]_ | ||||
| V̰ː → V̂ː | [tʰîː] | |||
| V[-long]h → Vː | Loss of /h/ | [múːɐ́] | ||
| h → Ø | ||||
| V0V́0 {V̀0V̀0, V̀0V̂0ː} {V́0V̀0, V́0V̂0ː, V̂0ːV̀0} → V́0ː V̀0ː V̂0ː | Tone cluster reductions | |||
| pʰ tʰ kʰ → p t k | Stop merger resulting in tone split | [tîː] | ||
| (!) lVN → nVN | ||||
| Mehêla 2017 AD | ||||
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