Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages

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Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages

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Diachronics

Consonants

• p' -> PEK mˁ
• t' -> PEK tˁ
• k' -> PEK q
• PIr l -> PEK ć
• PIr y/g/hiatus breaker -> PEK y
• PIr k -> PEK ç
• PIr ng, r -> lengthens preceding vowel if before C, PEK 0 otherwise
• PIr s -> PEK χ
• PIr b/w -> PEK β
• PIr d -> ð (r in retroflexing environments)
• final nasal -> ŋ
• Non-final nasals stay put (n in PIr /rVn/ retroflexes)
• p, t stay put (t in PIr /rVt/ retroflexes)

Vowels

PIr ā a -> a ə

orV, arV -> arV, erV -> aV eV

Todo: lots of conditional vowel shifts

Vowel dissimilation? Because assimilation's boring

Family tree

• Erno-Kawenic
  • Kawenic
  • Ernic

Phonology

Consonants

m mˁ n ɳ ŋ

p t tˁ ʈ tɕ q

ʂ ç χ

β ð r j

Vowels

i e a o u ə + vowel length

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