Re: Language change that complicates the syllable structure

One of my languages used to be all CV, and now it can have coda consonants.  Here's what happened:

1.) /lu, ru/ > [l, r]
2.) /siV, si#/ > [S]

Then there are a bunch of "fix-it" rules.  Here's an example:

*kaluta > kalta
*masi > maS
*runa > *rna > rauna (though it could have just as easily become /arna/ or /erna/)

Also, identical sequences were deleted.  So whereas...

*sisi > *SiS

What happens is...

*sisi > *si > Si

Same thing with...

*karuru > *karr (bad!)

*karuru > *karu > kar

And all the ideas everyone else has given have been great.

-David