List of Sevvuferyn sound changes: Difference between revisions

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Sound change [IPA]	Conditions required for the change	Potential intermediate steps	Example (without IPA)	(change in) meaning	How common is it?
aɛ → e	N/A	N/A	apaek → apyk	to appear → appearance	uncommon
ɛ → ø	much more likely before dipthongs	N/A	reøåÿ → røåÿ	to be about to be thirsty	somewhat common
ɛa → e	N/A	ɛa → a/ɛ → e	mear → myr	to think/consider	very common
d/dks → z	N/A	... → tks → s → z ; d → t → s → z	N/A	N/A	almost never happens
ks → j	must be before a vowel	ks → h/ɦ → hʲ → j ; ks → s → h → j ; k → kʰ/k̚ʰ/ɫ → h → j	trezanos → trejanos	30	very rare
ɔ → o̞ː	will occur when necessary to avoid confusion; more likely to occur at the end of words	ɔ → o̞ → o̞ː ; ɔ → o → o̞ː → o	nok → nõk	now → from now on	somewhat common
χ → k	more likely when paired with the elision of other letters	χ → kʰ/ɦ → k	hhadnatal → katal	birth + day → day(of)birth → birthday	very rare
r → k	N/A	r → ʃ → k/χ → k	apar → apyk	to appear → appearance	slightly uncommon
ts → z ; tz → z ; tks → z	N/A	... → s → z	pulitxy → pulixy	chicken	very common
zs/kss → ks	N/A	... → k̚s → ks	fyxsi → fyzi	to touch	very common
ks/r → ɫ	must occur when before [n]; more likely before [aɔ]	ks → s → sɫ → ɫ; ks → kɫ → ɫ; nr → r → rχ → χ/χɫ/ʃ → ɫ	ønzy/ønry → øn∞y	motive	common

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 | '''ɔ → o̞ː''' || will occur when necessary to avoid confusion; more likely to occur at the end of words || ɔ → o̞ → o̞ː ; ɔ → o → o̞ː → o || n'''o'''k → n'''õ'''k || now → from now on || somewhat common
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+| '''χ → k''' || more likely when paired with the elision of other letters || χ → kʰ/ɦ → k || '''hh'''adnatal → '''k'''atal || birth + day → day(of)birth → birthday || very rare
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 | '''r → k''' || N/A || r → ʃ → k/χ → k || apa'''r''' → apy'''k''' || to appear → appearance || slightly uncommon