An Artificial Construction
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We're talking about writing, rather than language. The character shapes may have been adapted at word ends, and the rules may just reflect that (to some extent).

There is quite a bit of circumstantial (non-compelling) evidence that such writing features are in play.
n really looks like a word-final version of i
I would not be at all surprised if r turned out to be the same.
m and g are almost certainly special shapes that prefer line ends.
The precise meaning of f and p still elude us.

These last two have nothing to do with word spaces, but fit the general suggestion of 'writing features' .
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