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Some "possible" syllables should be disallowed bc of historical sound change, like unasp stop initial + nasal coda + 2nd tone syllables in Mandarin | Some "possible" syllables should be disallowed bc of historical sound change, like unasp stop initial + nasal coda + 2nd tone syllables in Mandarin | ||
After the tone split, Cuam had ultrashort | After the tone split, Cuam had long, short and ultrashort vowels. | ||
Mutations come from preceding ultrashort syllables that are lost; this has to come after the tone split to not have mutations depend on tone, perhaps around 1600 CE | Mutations come from preceding ultrashort syllables that are lost; this has to come after the tone split to not have mutations depend on tone, perhaps around 1600 CE | ||