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(O, V, S)
 * 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.
 * Monotonal syllables have one vowel and are capped with an optional coda obstruent *p, *t, *k, or *s.
 * Bitonal syllables have either two vowels or a vowel plus a coda sonorant *m, *n, *ŋ, or *r.

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)

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