Sound System
Evolution from Proto-Indo-European sound system
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p
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t
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k^ > k
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k
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kw > qu initial & medial / q final
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b
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d
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g^ > g
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g
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gw > gw/g
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bh> v
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dh > z
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g^h > j /zh/
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gh > j /zh/
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gwh > gw/g
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m
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n
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s
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h1, h2, h3 > h
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w
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r, l
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y
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v is bilabial voiced fricative rather than English's labiodental voiced fricative (e.g., the tongue is more forward in the mouth)
j /zh/ was originally a palatovelar voiced fricative before fronting to postalveolar voiced fricative
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