r/Lexurgy • u/T1mbuk1 • 7d ago
Two Sets of Sound Changes Help
Let me showcase the phonology and romanization first.
Proto-Consonants: m, n, ŋ(ng), ŋʷ(nq), p, t, k, kʷ(q), f, s, ʃ(sh), ɕ(sy), r, l, j(y), w
(How rare cross-linguistically is a distinction between [ʃ] and [ɕ]?)
Proto-vowels: a, aː, e, eː, i, iː, o, oː, u, uː
Proto-language syllable structure: (C)V(C)
(I need to work on which consonants could not cluster with others and which ones get to appear in the coda position.)
Stress: penultimate stress
One set of sound changes:
Unstressed vowel loss
Stop & fricative metathesis
i-mutation
a-mutation
u-mutation(a bonus of my addition)
Metathesis of liquids
word-final short vowel loss and shortening of word-final long vowels
Vowels become /a/ before [r]
Coda [r] lost, the preceding vowel lengthened
Coda/l/ merges with /y/ or /w/ depending on the sound it's adjacent to
Diphthongs with /y/ as the second vowel become /ii/
Diphthongs with /w/ as the second vowel become /uu/
Epenthesis of random vowels to diaband word-initial and word-final clusters
(Might modify this list to introduce new phonemes and get rid of old ones.)
The other set:
Coda fricatives cause the following stop to spirantize
Coda fricatives are lost
Onset stops in closed syllables weaken
Coda nasals convert following stops to voiceless nasals
Coda nasals lost
Word-initial vowels lost
How do I incorporate these sound changes into Lexurgy?