Early Insular Lizardman language

Early Insular Lizardman was the language of the Ancient Lizardman Empire between around 15 000 BEKE and 9 000 BEKE. Many of the changes that shaped the language's evolution took palce in this period of time.

Evolution from Late Classical Lizardman

 * The shibilants merge into the sibilants.
 * The retroflex stops merge into the alveolar stops.
 * are reduced to, plain merges with.
 * The clusters coalesce into labio-velar consonants
 * The voiced stops become nasals
 * merges with
 * is devoiced to
 * The retroflex approximant merges with  both initially and finally, which reintroduces the diphthongs . The uvular approximant  is preserved.
 * The labio-palatal approximant merges into the regular palatal approximant.

Phonotactics

 * An optional initial
 * An optional glide or
 * A mandatory vowel
 * An optional coda-position consonant or tone