Sound Changes in Imperial Languages (Empire-in-the-West)

Archaic Imperial

Initial Phonemic Inventory

Consonants

POA	Labials	Dentals	Emphatics	Velars	Uvulars	Glottals
Tenuis stops	p /p/	t /t/	ṭ /tˤ/	k /k/	q /q/	? /ʔ/
Lenis stops	b /b/	d /d/	ḍ /dˤ/	g /g/	ḡ /ɢ/
Fortis stops	ph /pʰ/	th /tʰ/	ṭh /tˤʰ/	kh /kʰ	qh /qʰ/
Fricatives	f /f/	s /s/	ç /ç/	x /x/	ẋ /χ/	h /h/
Nasals	m /m/	n /n/
Liquids		l /l/, r /r/
Glides			y /j/	w /w/

Vowels

• Short: /i a u/ i a u
• Long: /iː aː uː/ ī ā ū
• Diphthong: /ai au/ ai au