Quenya Phonetics P40: initial [ŋ] became [n]
Q. initial [ŋ] became [n]; [ŋ-] > [n-]
In Tarquesta [TQ] pronunciation an initial velar nasal ñ [ŋ] was often pronounced as a dental nasal n, especially among the Vanyar. This sound change was not reflected in spelling. Tolkien mentioned this phonetic development in both the Outline of Phonetic Development [OP1] from the 1930s and the Outline of Phonology [OP2] from the 1950s:
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Quenya Phonetics P39: [rs] became [ss]
Q. [rs] became [ss]; [rs] > [ss]
In Tarquesta [TQ] pronunciation there was a tendency to unvoice r before s and simplify the pair to ss. Supposedly this effected r of all origins, and also s < þ. Tolkien mentioned this phonetic development in both the Outline of Phonetic Development [OP1] from the 1930s and the Outline of Phonology [OP2] from the 1950s:
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Kauma Lakénimasseva
Ké lamyas *úsávima, mal *autamor akárier terkénima kauma ya pole fanta engwi kata sa (lan apantas i *katamen) ar vista te lakénime - laqui nante ambena i kauma, itas eke mon hententa te...
Maybe it sounds hard to believe, but inventors have made a transparent shield which is able to veil things behind it (while showing the background) and turn them invisible - unless they are closer to the shield, in which case one can spot them...
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Quenya Phonetics P38: [z] became [r]
Q. [z] became [r]; [z] > [r]
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Quenya Phonetics P37: [d] vanished between [n], [r], [l] and [j]
Quenya Phonetics P36: [d] vanished between [n], [r], [l] and [j]
Q. [d] vanished between [n], [r], [l] and [j]; [{nrl}dj] > [{nrl}øj]
In Ñoldorin Tarquesta [TQ], the d vanished in the combinations ndy, ldy, rdy, resulting in ny, ly, ry in that dialect. When Tolkien first mentioned these combinations in the Outline of Phonetic Development [OP1] from the 1930s, he described only the Lindarin [pre-Vanyarin] phonetic developments, where he first had [ndj, ldj, rdj] develop into [ndʒ, ldʒ, rdʒ]:
Quenya Phonetics P35: [sp], [sk] became [ps], [sk]
Q. [sp], [sk] became [ps], [sk]; [sp|sk|skw] > [ps|ks|skw]
In Quenya the combinations sp, sk were frequently transposed to ps, ks: universally in the case of medial ps, sporadically in other cases. This sound change happened both initially and medially, and the initial transpositions introduced the new initial clusters ps-, ks- to Quenya. Although established in Early Qenya, the frequency and nature of these sound changes evolved over Tolkien’s life.
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Quenya Phonetics P34: [θ] became [s]
Q. [θ] became [s]; [θ] > [s]
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Quenya Phonetics P33: final consonants became dentals
Q. final consonants became dentals; [-{pk}|-{mŋ}] > [-t|-n]
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