N. [l̥] ‹lh›

N. [l̥] ‹lh›

References ✧ PE19/19, 21

Inflections

chl/l	soft-mutation; lh-mutation	✧ PE19/21
l	soft-mutation; lh-mutation	✧ PE19/19

Element In

• N. t-series
• N. voiceless-continuants

Phonetic Development

N. initial [r-], [l-] were unvoiced	l̥-	<	l-	✧ PE19/19 (l- > lh-)
ON. initial [s] unvoiced following [l], [r]	l̥-	<	sl-	✧ PE19/21 (sl- > lh-)
N. initial [x-] became [h-]	l̥-	<	xl-	✧ PE19/21 (khl- > lh-)