doesnt seem to have sent through the original message
>- the [i\] that only appears by epenthesis in final clusters
my thought was [n=] > [@n] > [I\n] > [i\n]
>- the [OI] that only appears as an allophone of [2y] before retroflexes —
>while other front vowels retain their rounding; so the existing [oU] might
>be more likely here
i thought i had followed my rules for change well but i see i need to make a
change
lol
>[i y u] and [I Y U] only contrasting in *unstressed* syllables is also a bit
>surprizing, but IMO it adds some nice flavor (and might signal the
>beginnings of a stress system change?)
the stress is a new thing for me ive never used it before so it is based,
with some obvious tweaks like where the stress falls, on my own speech patterns