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 /ʈ͡ʂʰ ʈ͡ʂ ɖ͡ʐ ʂ ʐ/ and /t͡ɕʰ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ ɕ ʑ/ merge into a post-alveolar series /t͡ʃʰ t͡ʃ d͡ʒ ʃ ʒ/
 * The voiced sibilant fricatives /z ʒ/ merge with the affricates /d͡z d͡ʒ/
 * The bilabial /m pʰ p b/ labiodentalize to /ɱ~ʋ f f v/ before /j/ and /w/
 * The palatal and retroflex nasals /ɳ ɲ/ merge with the rhotic /ɻ/
 * The medial /w/ disappears after all initials but the velar /ŋ kʰ k x ɣ/
 * Open-syllable mergers:
 * /i/ and /ei̯/ as /ei̯/
 * /y/, /ø/, /øi̯/ and /øu̯/ as /øy̯/
 * /u/, /o/ and /ou̯/ as /ou̯/
 * /jaj/ becomes /ɛj/

Phonotactics

 * An optional initial
 * An optional glide /j/, /ɥ/ or /w/
 * A mandatory vowel
 * An optional coda-position consonant or tone

Finals

 * Open-syllable mergers:
 * former /i/ and /ei̯/ as /ei̯/
 * former /y/, /ø/, /øi̯/ and /øu̯/ as /øy̯/
 * former /u/, /o/ and /ou̯/ as /ou̯/