Old Manjingan

General information
Old Manjingan was spoken a long time ago somewhere near modern Manjinga. It has many descendants, including Newwang, one of the most spoken languages on Patrona.

Old Manjingan is distantly related to the Northern language family, among other more sporadic near-isolates.

Vowels

 * The value of *ɨ is unknown.

Tone
There were only two tones in Old Manjingan: low and high.

Phonotactics
C(*l, *r)(*w, *y)V(V)(F)
 * Obligatory initial consonant
 * C + *r
 * coronal + *l
 * Any C (minus *l, *w, *y) or cluster (minus clusters with *l) + *w or *y
 * Up to two non-self-similar vowels with independent tones
 * Finals are any C minus *h, *c, *l, *y, *w

Tone changes

 * high or double high > high level (tone 1)
 * low or double low > creaky low falling (tone 4)
 * high low > high falling (tone 3)
 * low high > mid rising (tone 2)
 * tone 2 before /p/, /t/, /k/, /s/ > tone 4
 * tone 3 before /p/, /t/, /k/, /s/ > tone 1

Consonant changes

 * coronals + *r > retroflex
 * *r following other consonants > /w/
 * initial *ŋ > 0
 * final *p > /f/
 * *y following a consonant > 0, except for /py/ and /ky/
 * *w following *r > 0