Sèćli Diachronics
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Establishment of a pattern of stress where initial syllables have primary stress and then every other syllable has secondary stress after it.

l > ɬ \ C[-voice]_

C > C[-stress]ə \ _#

ð ɣ > ɹ ɰ \ V_[-stress]V

β > ʋ

ð ɣ > d ɡ \ _

p t ts tɕ k s ɕ x > b d dz dʑ ɡ z ʑ ɣ \ V_[-stress]V

k kː ɡ x ɣ > tɕ tɕː dʑ ɕ ʑ \ _(C)V[+front]

ɰ > j \ _(C)V[+front]

iə̯ uə̯ yə̯ > i̯a u̯a y̯a

w > ʋ

pː tː tsː tɕː kː sː ɕː mː nː ɲː lː ʎː rː > p t ts tɕ k s ɕ m ɲ ɲ ʎ ʎ r

ɑ̃ː ɒ̃ː æ̃ː ɛ̃ː ɪ̃ː ʏ̃ː ʊ̃ː > ɑ̃ːɰ̃ ɒ̃ːɰ̃ æ̃ːɰ̃ ɛ̃ːɰ̃ ɪ̃ːɰ̃ ʏ̃ːɰ̃ ʊ̃ːɰ̃

x > h

ɣ > ɦ

b d dz dʑ ɡ z ʑ ʋ ɹ j ɰ > m n n ɲ ŋ n ɲ m n ɲ ŋ \ ɰ̃_

p t ts tɕ k s ɕ > b d dz dʑ ɡ z ʑ \ ɰ̃_

t d ts dz s z n l r ɹ > tʲ dʲ tsʲ dzʲ sʲ zʲ nʲ lʲ rʲ ɹʲ \ _V(C)[+front]

tʲ dʲ tsʲ dzʲ sʲ zʲ nʲ lʲ rʲ ɹʲ > ts dz ts dz s z ɲ ʎ ʑ j

ʑ > ɕ \ _C[+voiceless]

ʑ > ɕ \ C[+voiceless]_

s ɕ > h \ _C

C[-voiced +plosive] > C[+aspirated] \ h_

C[+voiced +plosive] > C[+murmured] \ h_

h > ∅ \ V_C

ɦ > ∅

œ œː œ̃ː > ɛ ɛː ɛ̃ː

ɛi̯ œy̯ ɔu̯ > ai̯ ay̯ au̯

a ɒ ɛ ɔ i̯a y̯a u̯a ai̯ ay̯ au̯ > ə ə ə ə i̯ə y̯ə u̯ə əi̯ əy̯ əu̯ \ _[-stress]

e o > ɛ ɔ \ _[-stress]

i̯ə y̯ə u̯ə > i̯e y̯ø u̯o

ɑ̃ː ɒ̃ː æ̃ː ɛ̃ː ɪ̃ː ʏ̃ː ʊ̃ː > ɑ ɒ æ ɛ ɪ ʏ ʊ

ɑː ɛː ɔː iː yː uː > ɑ i̯a u̯a i̯e y̯ø u̯o

æ ɑ ɪ ʏ ʊ > ɛ ɒ e ø o

e ø o > i̯e y̯ø u̯o

ai̯ ay̯ au̯ əi̯ əy̯ əu̯ > eː øː oː iː yː uː

ɰ̃ > ∅

Leveling of word endings depending on where they most commonly fall in a word.

Simultaneously, leveling of noun declension and of verb personal agreement conjugation.