Pronunciation Changes
Over time, Kinookibeo experienced pronunciation changes. Given there is not a set history (yet!) for Angkelar, it is difficult to suggested a definitive timeline for when these changes occurred. However, in the future, such a timeline might exist.
For now, and for the sake of ease, all words are assumed to be “Modern Kinookibeo,” meaning after the below sound changes have occurred in order. In the future, I may add a more definitive timeline, which will allow for a theoretical “Middle Kinookibeo” and other variations.
Summary Changes
- Syncope: Loss of /l/ in last syllable of the word ahead of a back vowel (/ u, o/) if the preceding syllable lacks a coda; for verbs, lost even though /ŋ/ is the final coda of all verbs as, in practice, it is not spoken
- Diphthongization of last two syllables if the first syllable lacks a coda and is a front vowel (/i, e, a/) and the second syllable is merely a back vowel (/ u,o /)
- Historic phoneme /l/ morphed into /n/
- Degemmination: double consonants /m/ + /m/ between two syllables results in the lost of the first /m/