Old Siloki

Semi-deep orthography: Consonants lost from Primitive Siloki are marked with the grapheme . For vowels they are written with the diacritic 


 * θ ð → ɸ β/{m p b ɸ β}..._
 * θ ð → s z
 * N →Ø/_# (nasalisation mutation on following words)
 * mb nd ŋg → mː nː ŋː
 * ʃ→h
 * h→∅/_#
 * ħ→∅/V_V
 * V Vː→∅ V/#_{l r}
 * V→∅#_...Vː
 * ɐ → Ø
 * p t k ʡ → Ø/_#
 * pː tː kː → p t k/_#
 * NA → NTA (where T has the same PoA as N, make this influence the nasalisation eclipses)
 * V → Ø/#_$[+open]
 * V[-stress] → Ø/V[+stress]…_ (when word has three or more syllables)

In words with odd numbers of syllables, the second to last vowel is deleted (written with the double acute)

 /Ø/ from historical /ɐ/ and some /æ/

syllable initial stress becomes syllable timed pitch accent where the rightmost open syllable has a high tone. If there are no open syllables then the first vowel has the high pitch.

=Verbs=

Imperative
The imperative is made bu placing the verb a̋zez (“I insist”) before the main verb. In Middle Siloki this becomes a prefix.

The formal imperative is formed by placing the prefix auc- on the verb with a null subject. The negative is formedwith the negative form of the prefix káuc-. When the verb has a long vowel in it’s first syllable then the prefixes are ac- and kác-:


 * aucan (“declare!”) - káucan (“don’t declare”)
 * auca̋rz ("sit!”) - káuca̋rz (“don’t sit!”) (the silent letter is actually pronounced there as /ə/)

When the main verb begins in a nasal then the prefix is a(u)N- (where N has the same PoA as the following nasal). When the verb begins in /b/ then the prefix becomes a(u)nn-/ká(u)nn-:


 * aunnime (“ask!”)
 * aummer (“listen!”)
 * aunnbe ("open!")