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Part IV
A Classification of the Land Dayak (Bidayuhic) Languages
1. Introduction
2 Major sound changes that have impacted the Land Dayak languages
3 Sub-grouping of the varieties of Land Dayak
3.1 Innovating and conservative sub-groups
3.2 Lexical evidence for sub-grouping
3.3 Lexical evidence linking members of a sub-group: Sub-group VII
4 The mid vowels
4.1 *i/*e and *u/*o in open syllables
4.2 *i/*e and *u/*o before *k and *ŋ
4.3 *i/*e and *u/*o before *ʔ and *h
5 Another vowel contrast?
6 Full set of sound changes that have impacted the Land Dayak languages
6.1 Glottalization of oral stops. The oral stops *p, *t, *d and *k become glottal sto
6.2 Loss of final glottal stop
6.3 Changes to final nasals, primarily denasalization or loss nasal
6.4 Devoicing of *r
6.5 Loss of final lateral
6.6 Lenition of final *s
6.7 Constriction of final *h
6.8 Diphthongization of high and central vowels
6.9 Loss of schwa from the vowel inventory
6.10 Backing of *a
6.11 Monophthongization of rising glides
6.12 Metathesis of initial CV of *CVHVC sequences
Appendix IV—Cognate sets
References
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