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= Archaic Imperial =
Sample sentence: ''Liqâti ux-xucâlik um-migâmirax'' /liqaːti uxxuʔaːlik ummigaːmirax/
==Initial Phonemic Inventory==
=== Consonants ===
{| border=1
!POA
|align=center| Labials
|align=center| Dentals
|align=center| Emphatics
|align=center| Velars
|align=center| Uvulars
|align=center| Glottals
|-
  ! Tenuis stops
|align=center| p /p/
|align=center| t /t/
|align=center| ṭ /tˤ/
|align=center| k /k/
|align=center| q /q/
|align=center| ? /ʔ/
|-
  ! Lenis stops
|align=center| b /b/
|align=center| d /d/
|align=center| ḍ /dˤ/
|align=center| g /g/
|align=center| ǵ /ɢ/
|-
  
|-
  ! Fricatives
|align=center| f /f/
|align=center| s /s/
|align=center| ṣ /sˤ/
|align=center| x /x/
|align=center| ḥ /χ/
|align=center| h /h/

|-
  ! Nasals
|align=center| m /m/
|align=center| n /n/
|-
  ! Liquids
|align=center|
|align=center| l /l/, r /r/
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center|
|-
  ! Glides
|align=center|
|align=center|
|align=center| y /j/
|align=center| w /w/
|}

=== Vowels ===
* Short: /i a u/ i a u
* Long: /iː aː uː/ ī ā ū
* Diphthong: /ai au/ ai au

Symbols:
* E= ṭ, q, ḍ, ḡ, ṭh, qh
* V=any vowel
* C=any consonant

==I. Developments in Late Archaic==
Sample sentence: [ɫeˈʔɑːte uxːuʔˈaːlik umːiˈɡaːmirax
===Consonants===
# l>ɫ/[+emph]
# f s sˤ x χ>[+voice]/V_C[+voice], V_V[-stress]
# h>0/V_C[+voice], V_V[-stress]
# tˤ dˤ sˤ>{t d s}
# q>ʔ
# ʔ>q/#_

===Vowels===
# iː uː> əi əu/E_
Emphasis spreading:
# i u a> e o ɑ/[+emph]
# iː uː aː> eː oː ɑː/[+emph]
Diphthongs:
# ai au> ajə awə/_[+stress]#
# ai au> ɛː ɔː
# V>ə/[-stress]_{# l r}$

==II. Developments to Classical==
Sample sentence: hwǣl łāthe megīmer [hwaːl ɫɑːθə məɟiːmɚ]
===Consonants===
# p t k> pʰ tʰ kʰ/_V[+stress]
# p t k> f θ x/V_V[-stress]
# b d g> β ð ɣ/V_V
# χ> ʜ
# ɢ> q/#_
# ɢ> ʢ
# Cː>C
# k g x> kʲ gʲ xʲ/_i(ː)

===Vowels===
# i u> ɪ ʊ
# e o> e o
# a ɑ> ɛ ɔ

==III. Developments to Late Classical==

===Consonants===
# kʲ gʲ xʲ> ʧ ʤ ʃ
# ɣ> w/V[+back]_
# ɣ> j/V[+front]_
# ð> j
# β> w
# C> Cʲ/_i(ː)
# C> Cʷ_u(ː)
# C> Cˠ/_a

===Vowels===
# ə>0
# V>0/C_C
# ɪ ɑ> ʏ ɒ/Cʷ_
# ɪ ʊ> ɨ ʌ/Cˠ_

=Classical Imperial=

=Modern Standard Imperial=

==Advanced Capital Imperial==

=Examples=
̝*'xirit>heɪɹt
*xi'raːti>ʃɾɑːjθ
*'gimir>ˈʤɪnɚ
*mi'gaːmir>ʔənʤɑːmɚ
*'χimit>ʜeɪnt
*qas'sam>ʔə'sɑm
*fus'sil>fə'sɪl
[[Category: Empire-in-the-West]]