Kava/sound changes

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

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 hʷ w shifted to f v.
6. The postalveolar affricates č ǯ ň š ł became c ʒ n s l unconditionally.
7. The palatal ć became č except in syllable-final position.
8. The voiceless uvular stop q changed to k when syllable-final.
9. The prevelar c̀ shifted to a true palatal ć .
10. Clusters like sm shifted to mp.
11. Word-final ć became s. ćk ćq etc > ćć. Any other syllable-final ć assimilates to the following consonant.
12. Labialization metathesizes forward across a syllable boundary.
13. Any heterorganic stop/aff after a stop turned into a fricative.
14. The affricates c ʒ changed to s z when not after a high tone.
15. Voiced stops became voiceless when occurring before a high tone.
16. hʷ (new) > fʷ.
17. The labialized velar nasal ŋʷ changed to w before /i/.
18. Labialization disappeared before /i/.
19. All remaining labialized dorsals became labiovelar. All others became rounded bilabials.
20. The true palatal ć became č unconditionally.

DELETE THIS

    the       inventory was 

Rounded bilabials:    pʷ  bʷ            
Bilabials:            p   b   m   f   v           
Alveolars:            t   d   n   s   l             
Postalveolars:        č   ǯ   ň   š   ł           
Palatals:             ć               y
Prevelars:            c̀        
Velars:               k   ġ   ŋ   x   g
Labiovelars:          kʷ  ġʷ      xʷ  gʷ
Uvulars:              q           h              
Rounded uvulars:      qʷ          

The vowel system was that of Gold: /a i u ə/. There were two tones and vowels could be short or long. Unlike Gold, long schwa was permitted and was fairly common.