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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. | :<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. | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
Consonants in Proto-Tenarian have proven to be slightly more complicated to reconstruct. A possible chart of correspondences is given here based on Parras' ''Sën Välyaha, Lilaha sast Eelasyat talletin: turgasiin ää Prooto-Tenaha talle'' (2011). | |||
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! Proto-Tenarian || Valian || Elasian || Lillian | |||
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| '''*p''' || p, v || p, b || p | |||
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| '''*t''' || t, s || t, d, s || t, d | |||
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| '''*k''' || k, h || k, g || k, g | |||
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| '''*q''' || k || k || q | |||
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| '''*ʔ''' || lengthens preceding vowel || h || causes gemination of nearby consonants | |||
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| '''*ś''' || s, t (before velar stop) || t͡ʃ, d͡z || ɕ | |||
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| '''*r''' || r || r || ʐ | |||
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| '''*m''' || m || m || b | |||
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