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 of them. It is otherwise with Nias. No one has as yet said anything about the phonetic laws of Nias, and therefore I must be more discursive on that matter. I. Common IN ĕ becomes o in Nias.* Hence: II. Common IN final consonant disappears in Nias.† Hence: III. Common IN initial k appears in Nias as g.‡ Hence: IV. Common IN k in the interior of a word turns into q.§ Hence: V. Common IN initial p becomes a spirant.‖ Hence: VI. In conformity with these phonetic laws the formatives show the following changes: