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 * Vowel colouring results in a new vowel system:
 :* å ä â a -> o, e, a, æ (where a and æ are often merged)
-:* ǝ̊ ǝ̈ ǝ̂ ǝ -> ü, i, u, ǝ (where ü and u are often merged, and i and ǝ are also often merged)
+:* ǝ̊ ǝ̈ ǝ̂ ǝ -> u, i, ů, ǝ (where u and ů are often merged, and i and ǝ are also often merged)
 Examples:
 * tåq(ʀa) -> toq(ʀa)
-* ǝ̊ǝ̊bǝ̂q(wäh) -> üübuq(weh)
+* ǝ̊ǝ̊bǝ̂q(wäh) -> uubůq(weh)
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+=== Early-Middle Tossaq ===
+* Voiceless consonants preceded by {{smallcaps|-q}} become geminated
+* In some dialects, long vowels before voiced consonants become -VN
+:* in other dialects, vowels followed by {{smallcaps|-q}} and a voiced consonant become long
+* In some dialects, liquids preceded by both {{smallcaps|-q & -h}} become voiceless
+:* In other dialects, liquids and fricatives preceded by {{smallcaps|-q}} become plosives
+* In some dialects, -{{smallcaps|q}}N- yields a geminate plosive, in others it just results in a prestopped consonant.
+* Across most dialects, voiced ʀ becomes /l~r/
+Examples:
+* toq-yaq -> toqẙak (toççaq, toccaq)
+* toq-fan -> toqfan (toffan, toppan)
+* toq(ʀa) -> toq, toqʀ̊a
+* uubůq(weh) -> unbůq, unbůqẘa
+=== Modern Tossaq ===
+* In some dialects, the following vowel mergers occur:
+:* u, ů
+:* i, ǝ
+:* a, æ
+* In most dialects, ç -> sh, c -> ch
+:* In some dialects, hi, ʀ̊i and hu, ʀ̊u yield çi and fu, and these varying merge with other fricatives in behaviour here.
+* -h is merged with -q in some dialects, and lengthens vowels in others
+* In some dialects, -q disappears when it has nothing to interact with. Its assimilatory effects are still productive in those dialects.
+:* This sometimes leads to an accent system forming, with -Vq vowels becoming -v̀.
+:* This accent system then expands such that all closed syllables become low accents, and all open syllables become high accents.
+* In some dialects, -qʀ- becomes -kk- ~ -qq-.
+Examples:
+{| class="wikitable"
+|-
+! P.Indo-European !! Proto-Tossaq !! Late-Middle Tossaq !! Modern Tossaq !! English
+|-
+| *tewtex-yekós || tyatwăʀă-yakwă || toq-yaq || tòcchà || national language
+|-
+| *tewtex-somos || tyatwăʀă-swamăs || toq-fan || tòppàn || union
+|-
+| *drukós || ǝddukwăs || uu-bůq || únbù || trough
+|-
+| *wiḱpotís || wǝkpwatyǝ̆s || wůq-peq || ùppè || village head
+|-
+| *déḱos, -es- || dyakyăsă || deq, deteh || dè, détèè || right, proper, honourable; honours
+|-
+| *nébhos, -es- || nyab̈yăsă || nee, nedeh || néé, nédèè || cloud; clouds
+|}