Cyrrhian/Sound Changes

>> Normalisation < p b t d k g ẖ> ~= /pʰ p tʰ t kʰ k x/  —→ /ts~z ŋ tsʰ~r̂/ <#V> ~= /ʔV/ >> Early Harmony e > i / _C{i ī u ū}, not always, in prefixes (ʔematabala; ʔedūda > ʔidūda) a > i / _C{i ī}, only in {da-, ŋa-, xa-, ga-} (abamudaniʔe > abamudiniʔe) u > i / _C{i ī}, only in {mu-, 'u-} (ʔuninde > ʔininde) >> Sequence Simplification lŋ nŋ rŋ > lg ŋg rg (lugalŋu > lugalgu, diŋirŋu > diŋirgu) Vʔ > Vj / _V (baʔurata > bajurata, abamudiniʔe > abamudinije,                                  lugalgu ʔimen > lugalgu jimen) V₁V₂ > V̄₁ (lugalŋaakam > lugalŋākam, ejeneakam > ejenēkam) >>>>>> General Note Grammatical structures that use phrasal verbs end up emphasised, so that phrases resembling "gu ... de" > 'pours voice' end up more and more common and diverse. Many such phrases end up grammaticalised and the initial components sometimes end up resembling another layer of prefixes The possessive plural 2nd and 3rd person suffixes become <-zune> & <-ane> because of a contraction of earlier <-zunene> & <-anene> due to redundancy; case and copula forms of these start being grammatical, giving forms such as <-zuneakam → -zunēkam> >>> Grammatical Sketch Noun chain: Suffixes: -Ø -e -ak --         -ra & -Ø -Ø & -e ₁ -a ₂ -ne -še -eš -ta -da -gen/gin Possessive Suffixes: 1st   -ŋu        -me 2nd   -zu       -zune 3rd -ani/-bi    -ane Genitive Possessive Suffixes: 1st   -ŋāk      -mēk 2nd   -zāk      -zunēk 3rd -anak/-bīk  -anēk