From Wa Ñi to Ɔ Ñi: view article

note: 'R' = {d,ľ,ř}

wa,aw > ɔ
wə,əw > o
ja,aj > ɛ
jə,əj > e
ã > a / j_, _j
ã > u / [+labial]_, _[+labial]
ãR,aR,əR,ɛR,eR,iR,ɔR,oR,uR > ą,ǫ,ą,ę,ę,į,ǫ,ǫ,ų
ã > o

[edit] [top]'Palatalization' 2

pl,tl,kl > tl
dl > l (note: no examples in WAN yet)

pľ,tľ,kľ > pw,tw,kw (note: no examples in WAN yet besides kľùľ 'lick')
dľ > tl (note: only one example in WAN: dľìix 'penis')
wľ > x <xh>

wr,pr > ɓ
kr > tʃ <c>
tr,dr > ɗ

př > pw
tř,kř > tʃ <c>

h,w > f / _u

[edit] [top]Gradation 1 (before vowel changes!)

applying across word boundaries:
[-cont -son] > ʔ / _ [-cont -son] (aka stop + stop > ʔ + stop)
d > ȥ
ʔp > ɓ
ʔd,ʔt > ɗ
ʔl > tl
ʔľ,ʔr,ʔř,ʔj,ʔð > tʃ <c>
ʔw > kw
ʔh > h

hp,hw > f
hd,hr > ʔ / _ [-front]
hl,hd,ht,hr,hř,hy > s > ʃ
hľ,hk > x <xh>
hð > ð
hh > h

Ø > n / ã_C where C is a nasal or stop
nr > ntʃ
nľ > ľľ (feeds into VR > V̨)
nd > ʔn
nř > ŋw
nð > nt
nh > ŋ

towards end of ɔ ñi:
ʔ > Ø / _#
h > Ø / _#

[edit] [top]Tone Shifts

note: $ represents one syllable, H and L represent high and low tone, M is mid, R rising, F falling.

HLL on $$ > LL on $$ plus a floating H to the left, which raises any existing tone, H default.
A long vowel with LH contour will become a short vowel with H, while the L shifts left as a floating tone.
Apart from that, most H > M.
The LH>LL development prepausally in Wa Ñi was reanalyzed as a default floating L marking the end of a declarative sentence, which mean that H,M > F in those positions.
This also began to apply at the end of a verb without a complement and at the end of direct noun phrases.

[edit] [top]Consonant Mergers

l > y
r > ʔ / _# (end of syllable)
r > h
ľ,ř > Ø / [+rhotic] _
ľ > x
ř > ȥ / C_, _[+back]
ř > w
c > : / _[+son -vowel]
c > Ø / V_V
c > f
Ø > x / #_

[edit] [top]Nasal Assimilation

[+nasal] > [x PoA] / _ [x PoA]

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