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Lethino Sound Changes



I think I'd better post the current Lethino sound changes ....
There are still some situations that aren't satisfactorily handled.

Preliminary Sound Changes

 1. Vm > V: / __ # 
 2. h > 0 

Main Sound Changes

The following sound changes are in historical order. 

 1. u > B / (#, CC, VC, V) __ V 
    i, e > j / (#, CC, VC, V) __ V 
 2. i, e, o, u, a > i:, e:, o:, u:, a: / open stressed syllable 
 3. ae > E: 
 4. p, t, k, k_w, b, d, g > f, T, x, x_w, B, D, G / (V, r) __ 
 5. n > : / V __ # 
    n, m > : / V __ C 
 6. i, e, o, u, a > 0 / open unstressed medial syllable 
 7. x > i / __ (t, s, #) 
    k, g, x, G > tS), dZ), S, Z / __ V 
    kj, gj, xj, Gj > tS), dZ), S, Z 
 8. tj, dj, Tj, Dj > tS), dZ), S, Z ??? 
    sj > S 
    lj > L 
    nj > J 
    mj > ndZ) 
 9. B, j > b, dZ) / (C, #) __ 
    j > Z / V __ 
10. s > x / V __ 
11. k_w, g_w, x_w > k, g, x 
12. i, e, o, u > 0 / __ # 
13. 0 > @ / CC __ # 
14. i, a, o, u, e > @ / open syllable 
    i, a, o, u > e / __ C# 
15. B > u / V __ (C, #) 
16. D > G 
    B > v 
17. VG > V: / __ (C, #) 
    Vt, VT, Vx > V: / __ # 
18. au, eu, iu > Q:, o:, u: 
19. VC: > V:C 
20. V: > V / unstressed syllable 
21. Z > S / (p, f) __ 
22. l, r > o, a / C __ (C, #) 
23. E > e / unstressed syllable 
24. u, o, Q, a, E > y, u, o, A, æ 
25. @ > o / __ # 
    @ > o / __ C(u, o, A) 
26. @ > e 

Jeff