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Phonological change

Index of SIL publications on Phonological change listed by country.

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Africa

Ghana

• CAHILL, Michael, author. 1999. "Diphthongization in Kɔnni: a feature geometry account."

Mozambique

• GARDNER, William L., author. 2001. Consonant mutation in Shona languages.
• GARDNER, William L., author. 2003. "Mutação consonantal nas línguas Shona."

Nigeria

• STERK, Jan P., author. 1990. "Features of vowel assimilation in Gade (a language in evolution)."

Zimbabwe

• GARDNER, William L., author. 2001. Consonant mutation in Shona languages.
• GARDNER, William L., author. 2003. "Mutação consonantal nas línguas Shona."

Americas

Mexico

• BARTHOLOMEW, Doris A., author. 1968. "Concerning the elimination of nasalized vowels in Mezquital Otomi."

Peru

• HINTZ, Daniel J., author. 1990. Distinctives of Corongo Quechua: Historical and synchronic perspectives.
• LOOS, Eugene E., author. 2006. Discontinuous nasal spread in Yaminahua.  

Suriname

• HUTTAR, George L.; SMITH, N. S. H., authors. 1984. "The development of the liquids in Kwinti."

Asia

China

• LI Jingfang; ZHOU Guoyan, authors. 1998. "Diachronic evolution of initial consonants in Buyang."  
• XIAOHANG, Qin, author. 1997. "Evolution of the initial consonant clusters ‘pl’, ‘kl’, ‘ml’ in the hongshuihe vernacular of Zhuang."  

Indonesia

• VOORHOEVE, C. L., author. 1994. "The origin of the implosive stops in Sahu."

Laos

• SUWILAI Premsrirat, author. 1999. "Phonological variation and change in the Khmu dialects of northern Thailand."  

Malaysia

• BOUTIN, Michael E., author. 2000. "The role of /l/ in blocking nasal spread in Bonggi."
• NOEB, Jonas; RENSCH, Calvin R.; RENSCH, Carolyn M.; RIDU, Robert Sulis, authors. 2006. The Bidayuh language: yesterday, today and tomorrow.

Pakistan

• RADLOFF, Carla F., author. 2003. "The solution to a linguistic mystery: the absence of diphthongs in the Shina language of Gilgit (with implications for writers and learners of Gilgiti Shina)."

Philippines

• ELKINS, Richard E., author. 1963. "Partial loss of contrast between a and e in Western Bukidnon Manobo."

Thailand

• SUWILAI Premsrirat, author. 1999. "Phonological variation and change in the Khmu dialects of northern Thailand."  

Viet Nam

• GREGERSON, Kenneth J.; SMITH, Kenneth D., authors. 1973. "The development of Todrah register."