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.

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 or cluster + *w or *y
 * Up to two non-self-similar vowels with independent tones
 * Finals are any C minus *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/