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: *<sup>1</sup> As the phonetic value of ''a'' has yet to be determined with certainty it is here included in both front and back vowels. |
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Proto-Tenarian is the reconstructed language from which the Elasian, Valian and Lillian languages derive.
Phonology
Similar to other reconstructed languages, Proto-Tenarian is not written using the IPA but uses the following system (TPA) which only marginally differs from the IPA. The primary differences are noted here.
Tenarian Phonetic Alphabet | IPA |
---|---|
a | a ~ ɑ |
e | e ~ ɛ |
i | i |
o | o~ɔ |
ü | y |
ä | æ |
ö | ø |
ś | kʲ ~ tʲ ~ t͡s ~ t͡ʃ |
Furthermore, stress is marked by the acute accent.
Vowels
The Proto-Tenarian vowel system is reconstructed as having been very similar to the system encountered in Valian, but lacking length distinctions and ë.
Front | Back | |||
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Unrounded | Rounded | Unrounded | Rounded | |
Close | i | ü | u | |
Mid | e | ö | o | |
Open | ä a1 | a |
- *1 As the phonetic value of a has yet to be determined with certainty it is here included in both front and back vowels.