History
Phonology
Consonants
Pre-??? possessed the following consonants:
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Labial
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Alveolar
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Palatal-
alveolar
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Palatal
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Velar
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Uvular
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| Palatalized
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Plain
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Labialized
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Plain
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Labialized
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| Nasal
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*m /m/
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*n /n/
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| Plosive
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Voiceless
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*p /p/
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*t /t/
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*ky /kʲ/
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*k /k/
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*kw /kʷ/
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| Voiced
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*d /t/
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*gy /gʲ/
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*g /g/
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*gw /gʷ/
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| Aspirated
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*ph /pʰ/
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*th /tʰ/
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*kyh /kʲʰ/
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*kh /kʰ/
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*kwh /kʷʰ/
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| Fricative
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Voiceless
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*f /f/
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*s /s/
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*sh /ʃ/
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*x /x/
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*q /χ/
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*qw /χʷ/
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| Voiced
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*v /v/
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*j /ʒ/
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| Affricate
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*ch /t͡ʃ/
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| Approximant
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*l /l/
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| Flap/Trill
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*r /r/
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Vowels
The following vowel phonemes are used:
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Front
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Central
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Back
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| Short
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Long
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Short
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Short
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Long
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| High
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*i /i/
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*u /u/
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| Mid
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*e /e/
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*ē /eː/
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*o /o/
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*ō /oː/
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| Low
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*a /a/
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Stress accent
Pre-??? inherited the phonemic stress system of Proto-Indo-European. No syllable in a word had to be stressed, and sometimes more than one were. Here, stress is indicated with an acute accent, written thus:
- á é í ó ú ḗ ṓ
Grammar
Pronouns
The following pronouns are used:
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| 1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Sing.
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Pl.
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Sing.
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Pl.
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Sing.
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Pl.
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| Masc.
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Neut.
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Fem.
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Them.
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Masc.
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Neut.
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Fem.
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Them.
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| Nominative
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*xig
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*evij
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*fax
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*jafa
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*su
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*tud
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*siq
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*qins
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*tuj
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*tuq
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*tiqaj
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*qini
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| Accusative
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*amí
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*esmí
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*fí
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*vōs
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*tum
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*tiq
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*qim
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*tuns
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*tiqes
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*qines
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| Genitive
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*míni
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*esu
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*tívi
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*shafsu
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*safó
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*isiq
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*qinchu
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*tisum
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*tiqum
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*qinum
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| Dative
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*míshu
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| Ablative
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*míd
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| Locative
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*muáj
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| Instrumental
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| Comitative
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*amík
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| Illative
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*míshuq
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Verb phrases
Person/number conjugation
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| 1st
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2nd
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3rd
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| Sing.
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Pl.
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Sing.
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Pl.
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Sing.
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Pl.
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| Past
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| Present
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