✶Ad. [m]

✶Ad. [m]
The primitive consonant [m] survived into Classical Adûnaic before vowels and voiced consonants, but before most voiceless consonants (all but [x]) it became [p] (SD/418, 421).

References ✧ SD/416, 420-421

Variations

Element In

Phonetic Development

✶Ad. [n] assimilated in position to following consonants m{ppʰbm} < n{ppʰbm} ✧ SD/420 ([n{ppʰbm}] > [m{ppʰbm}])
Ad. nasals became voiceless stops before voiceless stops, aspirates and [s] m{ppʰttʰkkʰs} > p{ppʰttʰkkʰs} ✧ SD/420 (MP,MPh > PP,PPh); SD/421 (MT,MTh,MK,MKh,MS > PT,PTh,PK,PKh,PS)