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A more conservativ subfamily of [[East Altaic']], spoken in NW Himalayas.

Some sound changes from [[Proto-East Altaic']]:
*ʈ → q, ʂ → s
*ɪ ʊ → ə → ʌ
*ɜ → ∅ (generally)
*æ → e, je, ɑ varyingly
*i u → e o / _q(ʷ)
*loss of labialized uvulars (merging into labiovelars or plain uvulars)
*prenasalization drops
<!-- voicing also in fricativs-->
*ɢ → ʁ → ∅<!--with vowel changes...-->, h
*β → v
*labialized velars → labial-velars
*stop lenition k q → x χ, similar to West
**these generally then collapse to a single phoneme /x/ with a possible allophone [χ] before back vowels; the front allophone may shift → h
**in a few branches also p → f
**labiovelars unaffected
**this change seems to be younger than the Western one by a minimum of 1.5 ka, possibly as much as 3 ka - a slo diffusion thru pre-Altaic' languages of south-central Asia (of especially [[Klusterax]], but possibly also [[Persian']] and extinct families) is possible, but another choice would be "rub-off" from the alternation's systematic employment in acrolectal [[Old Sadabax]].
*fricativ voicing intervocally

A typical phoneme system is (phonemes only occuring in few languages in parentheses):

{|
|-
|
! Labial
! Dental /<br/> alveolar
! Post-<br/>alveolar
! Velar
! Labial-<br/>velar
! Uvular /<br/>glottal
|- align="center"
! Voiceless stops
| p || t || ʧ || k || kp || q
|- align="center"
! Voiced stops
| b || d || ʤ || ɡ || ɡb
|- align="center"
! Voiceless fricativs
| (f) || s || ʃ || (x) || || h
|- align="center" 
! Voiced fricativs
| v || z || ʒ || (ɣ)
|- align="center"
! Nasals
| m || n || || ŋ || ŋm
|- align="center"
! Approximants
| || l || r &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; j || || w
|}

{|
|-
! !! Front !! Lax !! Back
|-align="center" 
! Hi
| i || (ɪ ~ ɨ) || u
|- align="center"
! Mid
| e || ʌ || o
|- align="center"
! Lo
| colspan="3" | a ~ ɑ
|}

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