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Sound changes from Wendoth

∅ > ʔ / #_, [+creaky]_{[+vowel], #}
∅ > ɦ / [+breathy]_{[+vowel], #}
ʁ > ɦ
tˠ, dˠ, sˠ, zˠ > ʈ, ɖ, ʂ, ʐ
tʲ, dʲ, sʲ, zʲ, tsʲ, dzʲ > t, d, s, z, ts, dz
ŋʲ, kʲ, gʲ, xʲ, ɣʲ > ɲ, tʃ, dʒ, ʃ, ʒ
lʲ, lˠ > l
ɲ, ŋ > ɲɟ, ŋg / _{[+approximant], [LARYNGEAL]}
ɲ, ŋ > n
o > ə̜
∅ > j / [LARYNGEAL]_[+vowel, -open, +front]
∅ > ɨ̯ / [LARYNGEAL]_[+vowel, -open, +central, -rounded]
∅ > ʉ̯ / [LARYNGEAL]_[+vowel, -open, +central, +rounded]
∅ > w / [LARYNGEAL]_[+vowel, -open, +back]
iː, uː > ij, uw / _[+vowel]
j, w > ʔj, ʔw / #_, [+plosive]_
j, w > ɦj, ɦw / _[+vowel]
ʔj, ʔɨ̯, ʔʉ̯, ʔw > ɟ, g, ɟʷ, gʷ
hj, hɨ̯, hʉ̯, hw > ʝ, ɣ, ʝʷ, ɣʷ
[+consonant, -retroflex] > [+labial] / _[+vowel, +rounded] (labials remain unchanged)
ə̜ > ə
∅ > ʔ / [+creaky]_ ^ _ʔ# (in syllables separated from the stressed syllable by an even number of syllables)
∅ > ɦ / [+breathy]_ ^ _ɦ# (in syllables separated from the stressed syllable by an even number of syllables)
[+creaky], [+breathy] > [+modal]
ʔɦ > ʔʔ
ɦ > h
i > ə / _[-syllabic]*i, _j
u > ə / _[-syllabic]*u, _w
əm, ən, ər, əl > m̩, n̩, r̩, l̩
əj, əw, ə > i, u, ∅ (in unstressed syllables)
aj, aw, a > i, u, ∅ (in syllables separated from the stressed syllable by an odd number of syllables)
əj, əw, ə > aj, aw, a (in stressed syllables)
æ, ɑ > a (this occurs only in final syllables before laryngeals)
æː, ɑː > ɛː, ɔː 
aj, aw > ɛː, ɔː
[+obstruent, -voiced] > [+voiced] / _[+obstruent, +voiced]
[+obstruent, +voiced] > [+voiced] / _[+obstruent, +voiced]
ɟ, g, ɟʷ, gʷ > c, k, cʷ, kʷ / #_
ʝ, ɣ, ʝʷ, ɣʷ > ç, x, çʷ, xʷ / #_

• Ayewendoth > Ẋxʷndʷaθ [çxʷn̩dʷaθ]
• Wendoth > Kʷndʷaθ [kʷn̩dʷaθ]
• dhemer kash > dhmar ċas [ðmar tʃas]
• dhemer akshų > dhmar qċsʷuq [ðmar ʔtʃsʷuʔ]
• kaukau > ċuhċauh [tʃutʃʰɔːh]
• aukkaių > qauhċċẋuq [ʔɔːtʃʰtʃəʝuʔ]
• enketheshã > nċθsah [n̩tʃθsah]
• okchumoų > k̇ʷċcuhmauq [cʷətʃtsum̥ɔːʔ]
• iutumų > k̇ik̇utʷhmuq [cicutʷm̥uʔ]

Phonology

Consonants

There are 61 consonants in total.

m      n  nʷ
p t tʷ               ʈ c cʷ k kʷ q qʷ ʔ
b d dʷ               ɖ ɟ ɟʷ g gʷ
       ts tsʷ tʃ tʃʷ
       dz dzʷ dʒ dʒʷ
f θ θʷ s  sʷ  ʃ ʃʷ   ʂ ç çʷ x xʷ χ χʷ h
v ð ðʷ z  zʷ  ʒ ʒʷ   ʐ ʝ ʝʷ ɣ ɣʷ
       r  rʷ
       l  lʷ

The distinction between voiced and voiceless palatals and velars is marginal.

Vowels

i    u
ɛː   ɔː
   a

The old pronunciations /aj aw/ of /ɛː ɔː/ remain in bards' speech.

[ə] also appears, but is generally analysed as an epenthetic vowel.

The sonorants can appear as syllable nuclei.