- Glottal stops vocalise to [a] before or after other consonants, or lengthen a preceding vowel; if the preceding vowel is already long, they overlengthen it;
- If an overlong vowel is present after a cluster, it shortens, and the same long vowel is inserted to break up the cluster;
- Epinthesis of vowels to break up consonant clusters, usually whichever vowel is most "prominent" within the word;
- [u ɯ] > [y u]
- [l ŋ nj tj kj] > [j ɲ ɲ c͡ɕ c͡ɕ]; [jj] > [j];
- Voiceless stops and fricatives become aspirated;
- Vowels in open monosyllables lengthen;
- Writing gets this fancy new invention called "spaces", but the orthography remains surprisingly conservative (the orthography is designed to have a pseudoclassical look rather than to be particularly scientific).
孔子、大儒 也。诸 夏人 皆 习 其 书 。
Coiónia saliú dáza nió iáia. Ciá Gáránin ciríi iubiu gú haia.
[kʰo'joː.ɲa a.sʰa'lyː 'daːd͡zaɲoː jaː.ja || c͡ɕʰaː ɡaː'raːɲin c͡ɕʰiriːji jyby ɡuː haja]
"Confucius was a great scholar. All Chinese people study his books"
Congratulations on your new baby polysyllabic Sinitic language.