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There have been a few published versions of Toaq:

Toaq (Dzu) alpha, released in August 2013, documented here.
Toaq beta, released in September 2017 on “toaq.org”, documented here.
Toaq gamma, the current version, released in September 2021 on toaq.net, documented in the refgram.

Beyond the grammar writeup, little is preserved of the alpha version. Toaq beta was a complete reboot.

Between the beta and gamma versions, there were gradual official changes in the language as spoken on Discord and elsewhere.

	Alpha (2013)	Beta (2017)	Gamma (2021)
Consonants	It had /v/ and /ʒ/.	/m n ŋ pʰ b tʰ d kʰ g t͡sʰ t͡ɕʰ d͡ʑ f s ɕ h ɾ l/	Beta + /ɲ d͡z ʔ/
Vowels	/a e i o u/	/a e i o u/	Beta + /ə/
Phonotactics	There were glides (/gja/ "meet"), long vowels (/daː/ "woman"), consonant clusters (/sna/ "house").	Good old CV(q).	Still CV(q). Well, there's a glottal stop onset now, which is kinda like (C)V(q).
Tones	8 + neutral: āáăảâàãạa^[1]	7 + neutral:	6 + neutral: Tone is per-word, not per-syllable.
“You are very beautiful”	Tōu dāe téq na.	Jảq dẻ súq da.	Jảq dẻ súq da.
“The John who met you is my friend”	Pāı mí Djāq gyủ ca téq na góu na.^[2]	Pảı mí Jảq gëq hóa súq na jí da.	Pảı mí Jảq gëq hóa súq cy jí da.

↑ There was seemingly no equivalent. There were three equivalents: one for arguments (peaking â) and one for clauses (low à), and a variant of the low tone that always has top scope (dipping ă).
↑ I have assumed that ca is ancient hóa. (It was probably pronounced /ʃa/.)