This section primarily deals with Benuaq, Taboyan, and Paser, based on Alexander D. Smith's paper in 2018.
Rhotacism In Paser, Taboyan, and Benuaq,
*-d and
*l went
rhotacised into
-r. On the last two examples, the instances of
*j had been already merged with
*d.
Status of schwa Before the following occurred, final
*a had become
*ə. Paser rounded all instances of schwa (
*ə) into
o, while Taboyan and Benuaq follow that but only in penultimate syllables. In final syllables, Benuaq lowered
*-ə and
*-əC into
-aʔ and
-aC (and effectively reverting the previous change), while Taboyan preserved the schwa (
-əʔ,
-əC). == References ==