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Proto-Wakanic is the ancestor of Proto-Veraic, Wakanese and Proctorian. It's about 2000 years old.

Phonology

Proto-Wakanic is reconstructed with 12 consonants, 11 vowels and two tones: high and low.

The low tone is marked with a grave accent: *dàbəno "tree", *meṇàgì "book", *nedə̀da "house" (→ Verapamil sallu (tree), vezhai (book), lesta (house))

Consonants

Bilabial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar Labiovelar
Stop *b /b/ *d /d/ *ḍ /ɖ/ *ǵ /ɟ/ *g /g/ *gb /ɡb/
Nasal *m /m/ *n /n/ *ṇ /ɳ/ *ń /ɲ/ *ŋ /ŋ/ *ŋm /ŋm/

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close *i /i/ *ī /iː/ *u /u/ *ū /uː/
Mid *e /e/ *ē /eː/ *ə /ə/ *o /o/ *ō /oː/
Open *a /a/ *ā /aː/