Old Manjingan

General information
Old Manjingan (Máń waŋ) was spoken a long time ago somewhere near modern Manjinga (Máń). 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.

Tone
There were only two tones in Old Manjingan: low and high. Every vowel and coda sonorant is assigned a tone.

Phonotactics
C(*l, *r)(*w, *y)V(V(O), O/M)
 * Obligatory initial consonant or cluster of a non-semivowel plus *r or a coronal consonant plus *l.
 * Any C (minus *l, *w, *y) or consonant cluster (minus clusters with *l) can be followed by a medial *w or *y.
 * O stands for an obstruent *p, *t, *k, or *s and M stands for a sonorant *m, *n, *ŋ, or *r.
 * A syllable rime could be V, VV, VVO, VO, or VM.

Tone changes

 * high or double high > high level (tone 2)
 * low or double low > low level (tone 1)
 * high low > falling (tone 4)
 * low high > rising (tone 3)

Vowel changes
The long vowels have not been maintained in the standard dialect.

Consonant changes

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