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6. Diachronics
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/p pʼ b t tʼ d k kʼ g ʡ ʔ/
/t͡s t͡sʼ d͡z t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ d͡ʒ t͡ɬ t͡ɬʼ d͡ɮ/
/s ɬ ʃ x ɣ ħ h/
/l r j w/
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a) Deaffrication:
a.i) /t͡s t͡sʼ d͡z/ > /t tʼ d/ post-consonantally; else /s sʼ z/
a.ii) /t͡ʃ t͡ʃʼ d͡ʒ/ > /t tʼ d/ post-consonantally; else /ʃ ʃʼ ʒ/
a.iii) /t͡ɬ t͡ɬʼ d͡ɮ/ > /t tʼ d/ post-consonantally; else /ɬ ɬʼ ɮ/
b) Effects of Pharyngeals
b.i) {a aː} > {æ æː} / _{ʡ ħ}
b.ii) {i iː} > {æ æː} / _{ʡ ħ}
b.iii) {u uː} > {ɒ ɒː} / _{ʡ ħ}
c) Elision of Weak Consonants
c.i) {aj ij uj} > iː / _C
c.ii) {ja ji ju} > {æː iː iː} / C_
c.iii) {aw iw uw} > uː / _C
c.iv) {wa wi wu} > {ɒː uː uː} / C_
c.vi) {ħ h} > ː / V_C
c.vii) VCħ > VːC
c.viii) VCh > VːC
c.ix) {ʡC ʔC} > Cː / V_V
c.x) {Cʡ Cʔ} > Cː / V_V
c.xi) {ʡ ʔ w j ħ h} > ∅ / V_#
c.xii) {ʡ ʔ w j ħ h} > ∅ / V_V
c.xiii) {ʡ ʔ ħ h} > ∅ / #_V
d) Raising Before Sonorants
d.i) {æ ɒ} > {i u} / _{m n ŋ l r}
Orig. > /ʔ h/ ; /ʡ ħ/
/a aː/ > /ɒ ɒː/ ; /ɛ ɛː/
/e eː/ > /i iː/ ; /ɛ ɛː/
/o oː/ > /u uː/ ; /ɒ ɒː/
/i iː/ > /i iː/ ; /ɛ ɛː/
/u uː/ > /u uː/ ; /ɒ ɒː/ ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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