Identify the sound changes that must have occurred

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Question: Examine the following cognate set of words for 'man, person' in 5 modern Polynesian languages: Maori Tongan Samoan Rarotongan Hawai'ian tanata tanata tanata tanata kanaka (i) Reconstruct the most plausible proto-language (i.e. Proto- Polynesian) word form for 'man, person"; (ii) Identify the sound changes that must have occurred in the language(s) in question to derive the forms in all 5 Polynesian languages.

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