Proto-Haoli
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Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | Normal | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | ||||
| Aspirated | voiceless | ph /pʰ/ | th /tʰ/ | kh /kʰ/ | |||
| voiced | bh /bʰ/ | dh /dʰ/ | gh /gʰ/ | ||||
| Ejective | voiceless | p' /pʼ/ | t' /tʼ/ | k' /kʼ/ | |||
| voiced | b' /bʼ/ | d' /dʼ/ | g' /gʼ/ | ||||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | |||||
| Trill | Normal | r /r/ | |||||
| Aspirated | rh /rʰ/ | ||||||
| Fricative | Normal | voiceless | s /s/ | h /h/ | |||
| Approximant | j /j/ | ||||||
| Lateral Approximant | l /l/ | ||||||
Vowels
Proto-Haoli vowels harmonize based of of roundedness of the first vowel in the word.
| Front | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rounded | Unrounded Allophones | Rounded Allophones | Unrounded | |
| Close | i /i/ | ï [y] | ü [ɯ] | u /u/ |
| Open-Mid | e /ɛ/ | ë [œ] | ö [ʌ] | o /ɔ/ |
| Open | a /a/ | ä [ɶ] | ||
Phonotactics
- Syllable Structure: (C)V(C)
- Aspirated stops aren't allowed in coda
- Stress always falls on the first syllable