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#The high vowel ''i'' shifted to '''ə''' if touching a /q/ in either direction.   
#The high vowel ''i'' shifted to '''ə''' if touching a /q/ in either direction.   
#Primordial ''f'' shifted to '''p'''  .
#Primordial ''f'' shifted to '''p'''  .
#Primordial ''  w'' shifted to '''  v'''.
#Primordial ''  w'' shifted to '''  v'''.
 
 
There still was not an [s], even as an allophone.

Revision as of 12:34, 17 October 2018

Proto-Subumpamese (???) to Proto-Kava (1900)

Proto-Subumpamese had the consonants 

             PLAIN                      LABIALIZED

Bilabials:       p   b   m   f   w          pʷ  bʷ  mʷ      w
Alveolars:       t   d   n   s   l          tʷ  dʷ  nʷ   
Postalveolars:   č   ǯ   ň   š   ł           
Palatals:        ć       ń       y
Prevelars:       c̀       ǹ
Velars:          k   ġ   ŋ   x   g          kʷ  ġʷ  ŋʷ  xʷ
Postvelars:      q           h              qʷ
  1. The schwas ə ə̄ shifted to u ū.
  2. The mid vowels e o rotated to i ə.
  3. The high vowel i shifted to ə if touching a /q/ in either direction.
  4. Primordial f shifted to p .
  5. Primordial w shifted to v.
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