Phonology
Consonants
Proto-North-Rttirrian is reconstructed as possessing the following consonants:
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Labial
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Alveolar
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Palatal
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Velar
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Retroflex
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Pharyngeal?
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| Nasal
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| Plosive
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| Fricative
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| Affricate
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| Approximant
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Vowels
The following vowels were present:
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Front
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Central
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Back
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| High
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| Low
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Grammar
Verbs
The following verb prefixes are reconstructed:
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Verb Form I
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Verb Form II
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2nd
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3rd
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1st
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2nd
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3rd
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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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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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*mo-
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*mom-
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*apaf-
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*am-
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*bo-
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*bom-
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*pa-
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*bam-
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| Present
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*na-
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*nam-
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*akf-
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*sam-
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*khâ-
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*khem-
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*rda-
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*rdam-
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| Future
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*ney-
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*mi-
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*akey-
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*mi-
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*khe-
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*mi-
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*rdi-
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*mi-
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Gerund/
Infinitive
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*ân-
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*âm-
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*âk-
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*âm-
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*e-
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*âm-
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*ârd-
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*âm-
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Nouns
The following noun suffixes are reconstructed:
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Singular
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Plural
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| Normal
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Diminutive
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Normal
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Diminutive
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| Nominative
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—
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*-a
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*-ma
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*-maz
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| Accusative
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*-i/*-y
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*-ey/*-y
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*-mi
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*-mizh
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The following pronouns are reconstructed:
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| 1st
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2nd
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3rd
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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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Nominative
(emphatic)
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*natku
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*napku
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*atku
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*satku
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*âtku
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*âpku
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| Accusative
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*ni
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*mey
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*ki
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*ksey
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*gyo
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*goy
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Possessive
noun prefix
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*na-
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*mi-
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*akf-
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*sa-
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*â-
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*e-
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