Phonology

Phonotactics

Palatalization Allophone:

• t → tɕ / i, e

• d → dʑ / i, e

• s → ɕ / i, e

• z → ʑ / i, e

Other Allophony prior to split

• Palatal environment assimilation (early)

  • ɕ → ɕʲ ~ ɕ (allophonic; no phoneme change)

  • j triggers palatalized onsets in fast speech (allophonic)

• Uvular nasal conditioning begins

  • ɴ → ŋ / _{k,g,x}

  • ɴ → n / elsewhere (variable; both variants still “recognized”)

• Initial fricative devoicing tendency (weak)

  • z → s / #_ (not complete, but widespread)