Z represents any sound that can become syllabic later,
X any near-velar fricative, N any nasal, M or _ is a
(unattached) mora.
Syllables followed sonoricity except extrasyllabic s
(and X word final).
Syllable boundaries will not be shown unless needed.
Syllable breaks shown by $ or -
There were three tones, high ', low `, and mid
(unmarked in their minds and my orthography).
At least one marked tone per word (some affixes lack
one).
Most nouns had a high tone, most verbs a low (but high
in perfect).
Final unmarked -a(C) disappeared earlier if leaving
acceptable C-cluster.
Num S D
Nom s a (a)f
Voc 0 a (a)f
Acc (a)mv a f(a)mv
Gen (a)'s a'us? a'm
Rest 0 a'u? (a)f
For inanimate non/acc -0
(a) means an -a- was inserted to prevent bad
C-clusters.
-mv probably spread to some inanimates by analogy
a'-stems had -d not -mv and -i not -f, but analogy
changed them.
-mv>-xv/N_$
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