Mid Outer Mangeodge

=Phonology=

Phonological History
{i ɯ} ɯː u > e eː o /unstressed syllable

o ɤ > ɑ e/non-stressed syllable

V(ː) > ∅/#_

C1C2C3> C1C2

C1C2>C2/_#

V>∅/V_(unstressed syllable)

Vː>V/unstressed syllable

V[+stress]C1C2 > VːC2/in trisyllabic or longer words or in all non-inflectable words (e.g prepositions)

V1{j w}V2>V1/unstressed syllable

lː rː > l r

Vowels
Mid Outer Mangeodge went through extensive simplification of unstressed syllables. First off there was the merger of the high vowels /{i ɯ} ɯː u/ to /e eː o/ followed by the merger of the mid vowels /o ɤ/ > /ɑ e/ (this includes unstressed /o/ when as a result of the earlier merger of /u/ > /o/). Then vowels long vowels, diphthongs and vowel hiatuses in unstressed syllables were all reduced to a single vowel (long vowels shortened and diphthongs/hiatuses kept lost the second vowel). Word initial vowels being short, long or diphthongs were all lost due to being unstressed.

Consonants
The consonant inventory of MOM is identical to that of Mid Middle Mangeodge.