Early 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 Archaic Lizardman

 * The initial clusters became a new retroflex series
 * The initial clusters became a new palatal series .  too became.
 * too triggers palatalization, just like
 * is consistently lenited to
 * The cluster becomes, merging with previous  which also shifts to
 * The initial develops into either  or  depending on the context.
 * before front vowels and becomes retroflex
 * before back vowels and becomes uvular
 * medial is dropped
 * final becomes a retroflex approximant
 * Final is dropped, replaced by a falling tone
 * Final is dropped, replacing by a rising tone
 * break into +  when followed by
 * developed into various differently depending on the initial
 * became after
 * became after other dental, retroflex and palatal consonants
 * became after velar consonants
 * became after labial consonants
 * Open-syllable became
 * Open-syllable became

Phonotactics

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

Initials
Classical Lizardman was notable for having two rhotic phonemes: a coronal and a dorsal.

Finals

 * Open-syllable no longer existed, as they were replaced by became
 * The schwa never existed in open syllables