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 !rowspan=2|Glottalized initial (0)
-!| deutero-aëchal (-)
+!| (-)
 | ''dridh<sup>A0-</sup>''
 | ''bae<sup>B0-</sup>''
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 | ''gogh<sup>D0-</sup>''
 |-
-!| deuteroechal (+)
+!| (+)
 | ''mbraoi<sup>A0+</sup>''
 | ''driwdh<sup>B0+</sup>''
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 |-
 !rowspan=2|Modal initial (1)
-!| deutero-aëchal (-)
+!| (-)
 | ''eodh<sup>A1-</sup>''
 | ''aoidh<sup>B1-</sup>''
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 | ''grugh<sup>D1-</sup>''
 |-
-!| deuteroechal (+)
+!| (+)
 | ''mea<sup>A1+</sup>''
 | ''zhobh<sup>B1+</sup>''
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 |-
 !rowspan=2|Breathy initial (2)
-!| deutero-aëchal (-)
+!| (-)
 | ''gw<sup>A2-</sup>''
 | ''bragh<sup>B2-</sup>''
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 | ''dabh<sup>D2-</sup>''
 |-
-!| deuteroechal (+)
+!| (+)
 | ''ngeadh<sup>A2+</sup>''
 | ''begh<sup>B2+</sup>''
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-''Deuteroechal'' includes prenasalized stops and regular (voiced non-glottalized) resonants during the second initial-phonation-based tone split. Other initials, such as non-prenasalized stops, are termed ''deutero-aëchal.'' (The Greek words I got these makeshift words from are ''deutero-'' 'second' and ''ēkhēros/aēkhos'' 'voiced/voiceless'.)
+==== Notes on terminology ====
+In English, we have chosen to term the initial phonation that conditioned the first phonation-based (3-way) tone split ''protoechesis'' (from πρῶτος 'first' + ἤχησις 'sounding'), and the initial phonation that conditioned the second phonation-based (2-way) tone split (which caused Bri to double its number of tones from a 12-tone stage) is called ''deuteroechesis''; for deuteroechesis, voiceless consonants are denoted - and voiced ones are denoted +.
 == Grammar ==