Verse:Tdūrzů/Knench/Diachronics: Difference between revisions
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== Ancient Knench to Middle Knench == | == Ancient Knench to Middle Knench == | ||
# Emphatics merge with voiced stops, yielding unaspirated stops | # Emphatics merge with voiced stops, yielding unaspirated stops; these stops are subject to allophonic voicing mutation | ||
# Spirantization of aspirated stops, also becoming subject to voicing mutation | # Spirantization of aspirated stops, also becoming subject to voicing mutation | ||
# Unstressed long vowels shorten, preserving vowel quality | # Unstressed long vowels shorten, preserving vowel quality | ||