Editing Cheyenne language (section)

=== Nonnasal reflexes of Proto-Algonquian *''k'' ===
The research of linguist Paul Proulx provides an explanation for how these reflexes develop in Cheyenne: "First, *''n'' and *''h'' drop and all other consonants give glottal catch before *''k''. *''k'' then drops except in element-final position. Next, there is an increment before any remaining *''k'' not preceded by a glottal catch: a secondary ''h'' (replaced by ''š'' after ''e'') ) in words originating in the Cheyenne Proper dialect, and a vowel in those originating in the Sutaio (So'taa'e) dialect. In the latter dialect the *''k'' gives glottal catch in a word-final syllable (after the loss of some final syllables) and drops elsewhere, leaving the vowel increment. Sutaio '''k''' clusters are all reduced to glottal catch."{{sfn|Proulx|1982}}