Zele/Sound changes

These are the sound changes from Proto-Isles to Zele.

Proto-Isles phoneme inventory:

	Bilabial	Dental	Palatal	Velar	Pharyngeal	Glottal
Stops	p	t d		k ɡ		ʔ
Affricates		ts dz
Fricatives		s			ħ
Nasals	m	n
Approximants	w		j

a	i	u
aj		uj
aw	iw
am	im
an	in	un

Sound changes, approximately in order:

• V₁ > V₂ / _(C)ħV₂
• At some point, probably before the voicing-after-accent change, exactly reduplicated syllables undergo haplology.
• d > l / except initially
• j > ʒ / _i
• ħ > Ø / N_
• ħ > h / a(C)_a
• ħ > ʁ
• ɡ > j / _i
• ɡ > h

• [+obstruent] > [+voice] / V[+accent]_[-obstruent] / This change may occur in some other environments as well.

• s > Ø / _h
• s > ʃ / except finally or before a stop
• z > ʒ / except finally
• [+affricate] > [+fricative]
• t > ts / #_
• d > t / #_
• ʔ > Ø / _C

Diphthongs simplify:

• aj, uj > e / _$
• aw, iw > o / _$
• im, in > ɛ / _$
• un > ɔ / _$
• am, an > ə̃ / _$
• V > ə̃ / _Nə̃

• ʔ > h / V_V
• ʔ > Ø

Apocope:

• V > Ø / VC_# / In words of two syllables, or polysyllabic words with no accent. Does not occur if the preceding consonant is /w/, /h/, or an unvoiced plosive.

• Pitch accent is lost.
• w > b
• ʁ > Ø / C_, _C
• Ø > h / V_V / breaks up vowel hiatus; persistent

Allophonic changes:

• p > f / V_V

Zele phoneme inventory:

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Stops	p b	t d		k ɡ
Affricate		ts
Fricatives	(f)	s z	ʃ ʒ			h
Nasals	m	n
Approximants		l	j		ʁ

i		u
e	ə̃	o
ɛ		ɔ
	a

Zeluzh is recognisable as the reflex of Proto-Isles *dzuy dúy-i "dust sea".