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cbhfém, tingór, nach, laubh, taling, thám, róth, loeth, phachbhf, qhedhór (?) | cbhfém, tingór, nach, laubh, taling, thám, róth, loeth, phachbhf, qhedhór (?) | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
Perhaps most strikingly, most Kammalic languages are devoid of fricatives or aspirates. The following is the consonant inventory of reconstructed Proto-Kammalic: | |||
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style=" text-align: center;" | |||
|+ '''Proto-Kammalic consonants''' | |||
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! rowspan="2" colspan="2" style="width: 136px; "| | |||
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Labial | |||
! rowspan="2" style="width: 136px; " |Dental | |||
! rowspan="2" style="width: 136px; " |Retroflex | |||
! rowspan="2" style="width: 68px; " |Palatal | |||
! colspan="2" style="width: 136px; " |Velar | |||
|- | |||
! style="width:68px;" |<small>plain</small> | |||
! style="width:68px;" |<small>labialized</small> | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Nasal | |||
| '''m''' /m/ | |||
| '''n''' /n/ | |||
| '''rn''' /ɲ/ | |||
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| '''ng''' /ŋ/ | |||
| '''ngbhf''' /ŋʷ/ | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" |Plosive | |||
! | <small>plain</small> | |||
| '''p''' /p~b/ | |||
| '''t''' /t~d/ | |||
| '''rt''' /ʈ~ɖ/ | |||
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| '''c''' /k~g/ | |||
| '''cbhf''' /kʷ~gʷ/ | |||
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! | <small>ejective</small> | |||
| '''ph''' /pʼ/ | |||
| '''th''' /tʼ/ | |||
| '''rth''' /ʈʼ/ | |||
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| '''ch''' /kʼ/ | |||
| '''chbhf''' /kʷʼ/ | |||
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! colspan="2" |Trill | |||
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| '''r''' /r/ | |||
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! colspan="2" |Approximant | |||
| '''bhf''' /w/ | |||
| '''l''' /l/ | |||
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| '''dh''' /j/ | |||
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|} | |||
==Composition== | ==Composition== |
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