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 long vowel-short vowel merger
-level tones become falling, rising tones become level
+*2 + s > 3
+*4 + s > 6
-there's only one falling tone which becomes level!
+*6 + L > creakiness
-or creaky! (that's even better)
-we thus have:
-high level, high falling
-mid rising, mid level, mid falling
-low rising, low level, low falling, low creaky
-the creakiness gets interpreted as a final -k!
-final nasals assimilate in POA so it's wjep (low)
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