Mordvinic
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Some reconstruction notes.
Vowels:
- Erzya *ä → e; *a → o / _j. (ojme voj kojme; but kajge-); in later syllables e ə → e/o per harmony
- Mokša *ə → ä/a / _# per harmony; ä also after palatals
Consonants:
- Erzya *š → č / #_
- Mokša *k → ∅ / F_š, m n r l j v → p t r̥ l̥ ç f / _{p t c č k}
- ŋ → j/w per harmony, except dialectally in Erzya