Late Classical Lizardman language

Early Classical 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 Early Classical Lizardman

 * The retroflex and palatal sibilant series and  merge into a post-alveolar series
 * The voiced sibilant fricatives merge with the affricates
 * The bilabial labiodentalize to  before  and
 * The palatal and retroflex nasals merge with the rhotic
 * The medial disappears after all initials but the velar
 * Open-syllable mergers:
 * and as
 * ,, and  as
 * , and  as
 * becomes

Phonotactics

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

Finals

 * Open-syllable mergers:
 * former and  as
 * former, , and  as
 * former, and  as