Hükzhiohish

Inventory and Phonotactics

 * Some words with /b/,/d/,/g/,/d͡z/,/d͡ʑ/ initials, would be changed to /bʱ/,/dʱ/,/gʱ/,/d͡zʱ/,/d͡ʑʱ/ when spoken isolatedly and at the start of sentence.
 * Some words with /v/,/l/,/m/,/n/,/ȵ/,/ŋ/ initials, would be changed to /vʱ/,/lʱ/,/mʱ/,/nʱ/,/ȵʱ/,/ŋʱ/ in light tones.


 * Some word combination have chances of undergoing consonant lenitation. Pattern as follow.
 * After /i/,/u/,/ʔ/ coda, 


 * 1) Initial /p/,/pʰ/ would be changed to /β/.
 * 2) Initial /t/,/tʰ/,/s/ would be changed to /l/.
 * 3) Initial /k/,/kʰ/,/h/ would be changed to / /.
 * 4) Intial /t͡s/,/t͡sʰ/ would be changed to /ʒ/.
 * After /ŋ/,/n/,/m/ coda,


 * 1) Initial /p/,/pʰ/ would be changed to /m/.
 * 2) Initial /t/,/tʰ/,/s/.l/ would be changed to /n/.
 * 3) Initial /k/,/kʰ/,/h/,/ / would be changed to /ŋ/.
 * 4) Intial /t͡s/,/t͡sʰ/ would be changed to /ʒ/. rules 
 * However, all of the above rules are quite irregular and happens randomly.
 * /ɫ/ is only used in /əɫ/.
 * Apical Er-hua patterns as follow,
 * For coda,


 * 1) /ɪ~i~ɨ/ and /n/ are deleted (add /ʅ/ (non-rounded vowel) or /ʯ/(rounded vowel) after),
 * 2) /ŋ/ is deleted and the syllable becomes nasalized (add /ʅ̃/(non-rounded vowel) or /ʯ̃/(rounded vowel) after with the nucleus nasalized)
 * 3) /ʊ~u/ would have /ʯ/ added after.
 * 4) /ʔ/ would have /ʅ/ (non-rounded vowel) or /ʯ/(rounded vowel) added before.
 * For Nucleus,


 * 1) /e/ would have /ʅ/ added after it.
 * 2) /ʊ~u/ would have /ʯ/ added after it.
 * 3) /ɪ~i~ɨ/,/y/ becomes median with /eʅ~e̞ʅ~əʅ~ɛʅ/ added after.
 * 4) /ʅ~ɿ/ would be delete with /eʅ~e̞ʅ~əʅ~ɛʅ/ added after.
 * Nasal Er-hua patterns as follow
 * 1) All other coda are replaced by /ŋ/.
 * 2) All nucleus without coda with add a coda /ŋ/.