Pazeh Language - Sound Changes

Sound Changes

The Pazih language merged the following Proto-Austronesian phonemes (Li 2001:7).

  1. *C, *S > s
  2. *D, *Z > d
  3. *k, *g > k
  4. *j, *s > z
  5. *S2, *H > h
  6. *N, *ñ > l
  7. *r, *R > x

Pazih also split some Proto-Austronesian phonemes:

  1. *S > s (merged with *C); *S2, *H > h
  2. *w > ø, w
  3. *e > e, u

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