open 'proto-nahtak_lexicon.txt' as LEXICON

% Reserved segments

reserve kʷ p' t' c' č' k' kʷ' q' gʷ wʰ lʰ yʰ ɨ: ɛ: ɔ: ə: dz

% Categories

[all] = p t c č k kʷ q b d dz j g gʷ ɢ p' t' c' č' k' kʷ' q' m n ṃ ṇ θ s š x χ w l y wʰ lʰ yʰ a ā e ē i ī ɨ ɨ: o ō u ū ɛ ɛ: ɔ ɔ: ə ə: ɣ ʔ

C = p t č k kʷ q b d j g gʷ ɢ p' t' č' k' kʷ' q' m n ṃ ṇ θ s š x χ w l y wʰ lʰ yʰ ɣ ʔ

V = a ā e ē i ī ɨ ɨ: o ō u ū ɛ ɛ: ɔ ɔ: ə ə:

N = ṃ ṇ m n

[+ATR] = i ī ɨ ɨ: u ū e ē o ō ə ə:

[-ATR] = e ē ə ə: o ō ɛ ɛ: ɔ ɔ: a ā

[short] = i ɨ u e ə o ɛ ɔ a

[long] = ī ɨ: ū ē ə: ō ɛ: ɔ: ā

% Proto-Macro-Nahtak to Proto-Insular-Nahtak, -4500 to -4000 (?)

% These changes are mostly responsible for Quomonakian, Pehanaquian, etc. having an Algonquiesque flavor

% Loss of initial *p

p > 0 / #_

% Loss of uvulars

i ī ɨ ɨ: u ū e ē o ō > e ē ə ə: o ō ɛ ɛ: ɔ ɔ: / _{q ɢ q' χ} or {q ɢ q' χ}_

ɢ > ɣ / V_V

ɢ > g % otherwise

q > ʔ / _C

q q' χ > 0 ʔ h

% A random vowel change

u ū > o ō / _N

% ATR Harmony

% The first syllable is the stressed syllable

% If the first syllable is *i, *ɨ or *u, it triggers +ATR

% If the first syllable is *ɛ, *a or *ɔ, it triggers -ATR

% If the first syllable is *e, *ə or *o, it is neutral and will assimilate to the first triggering vowel in the word.

e ē ə ə: o ō > ɛ ɛ: a ā ɔ ɔ: / #C?_(C*{e ē ə ə: o ō})*{ɛ ɛ: a ā ɔ ɔ:}

e ē ə ə: o ō > i ī ɨ ɨ: u ū / #C?_((C)*({e ē ə ə: o ō})*)*{i ī ɨ ɨ: u ū}

[-ATR] > [+ATR] / #C?{i ī ɨ ɨ: u ū}(.)*_

[+ATR] > [-ATR] / #C?{ɛ ɛ: a ā ɔ ɔ:}(.)*_

% Insular Syncope

% Word-final short vowels, or short vowels with no bordering cluster, drop, including word-initially:

[short] > 0 / _#

[short] > 0 / V?C?_C?V

write LEXICON as 'quomonakian_lexicon.txt'