- Retrogressive nasal spreading through glides and liquids; also causes prenasalisation of voiced stops
- eː iː yː oː uː ɛu yi au → ej əj ʊj ɔw ʊw ɛw ʊj ɔw + ə before following coronal consonant
- Cɭ → Cə̆ɭ
- n s d͡z t͡s → ɲ ʃ d͡ʒ t͡ʃ / before palatal; Cj → C, ɟ → d͡ʒ
- w → f / #_, _ [-voice]
- t͡ʂ ʂ ɭ → t͡ʃ ʃ l
- s ʃ t͡s t͡ʃ d͡z d͡ʒ → θ x s ʃ z ʒ
- Orthographical unification and regularisation
[nɛˈdɔwəθ ˌŋɛ̃ːn͜ ɔ̃w nɛˈθɔ̃w | faː ʒysˈpʊjərej ˈɡʊjəs ɡɛθ nɛxə̆ˈl̃ɛ̃nza | ⁿd͡zw̃ɛ̃ ãˈr̃w̃ɛ̃ sɛ̃ː ʃə̆laːwɛra ˈlɔft ɛ̃ː ˈklʊfk ˈŋɔ̃ː ]
ne’Dorth Ŵen un ne’Sun, war dichpuir-lei ŵuich ŵes ne’strenza, dwen alen chen trarwela lowt en kloawk ŵon.
[aɡə̆ˈlʊjkrej nɛk nej ˈw̃ɔ̃w fʊw ˈfaθk θɛkˈθə̃j̃ə̃ⁿd͡zɛ̃ⁿd ɛ̃ː ˈbejəsɛ̃ː nɛʃə̆ˈlaːwɛra ˈsejkɔw jyθ ˈklʊfk ʃãⁿd bəj ʃɛ̃ˈxỹⁿdãⁿd xə̆ˈl̃ɛ̃za ɲɛ̃ naːra]
Agruik-lei nek nei wun fuw fask seksirdend en berchen ne’trarwela cheikow yis kloawk schand bir schenchidand strenza nien n’arla.
[ɔ̃ːn͜ aː ˈnaθk ˈzejfɔw nɛˈdɔwəθ ˈŋɛ̃ː nɛˈʃɛ̃w̃ə̃t ‖ ˈɲɛ̃ ˈʃɔ̃ːdaːk ˈŋɔ̃ːrəj nɛˈθɔ̃w | ɔ̃w yˈbʊjʒejəri nɛʃə̆ˈlaːwɛra ˈsakɔw jyθ ˈklʊfk]
Un ar nask zeifow ne’Dorth Ŵen ne’schewnt. Nien schondark ŵonlei ne’Sun, un ibuiderli ne’trarwela chakow yis kloawk.
(The orthography may need some explanation. It works on the principle that by making a few assignments which are somewhat odd, e.g. ⟨s l ŵ⟩ /θ r ŋ/, it can be completely regular yet still intelligible to modern English-speakers. For the vowel assignments in particular, tabulation may assist:
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a a
an ãn
ar aː
e ɛ
ei ei
en ɛ̃(n)
er ejə
ewn ɛ̃w̃ə̃
i y, i
ir əj(ə)
on ɔ̃ː
or ɔwə
ow ɔw
oaw ʊf
ui ʊj
un ɔ̃w
uw ʊw
uir ʊjə
Of note is the fact that ⟨-r⟩ is used only as a modifier to the preceding vowel or consonant.)