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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
The Proto-Jivan phonology has turned out to be fairly straight-forward, and its vowels were the first to be deciphered. | The Proto-Jivan phonology has turned out to be fairly straight-forward, and its vowels were the first to be deciphered. | ||
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|+ '''Jivan vowel accordance''' | |+ '''Jivan vowel accordance''' | ||
! Proto-Jivan|| Ris|| Kiwi || Niki | ! Proto-Jivan|| Ris|| Kiwi || Niki | ||
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| '''*ə:''' || e || e || | | '''*ə:''' || e || e || | ||
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| '''*əy''' || | | '''*əy''' || ā || ai || | ||
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| '''*i''' || i || i || | | '''*i''' || i || i || | ||
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===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
The Proto-Jivan consonants are much more of an ordeal to reconstruct. Both Ris and Kiwi turned out to massacre the consonants, whilst the Niki language seems to have retained more of the consonants than the vowels. | The Proto-Jivan consonants are much more of an ordeal to reconstruct. Both Ris and Kiwi turned out to massacre the consonants, whilst the Niki language seems to have retained more of the consonants than the vowels. | ||
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|+ '''Jivan consonant accordance''' | |+ '''Jivan consonant accordance''' | ||
! Proto-Jivan|| Ris|| Kiwi || Niki | ! Proto-Jivan|| Ris|| Kiwi || Niki | ||
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| '''*m''' || | | '''*m''' || m || || | ||
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| '''*n''' || | | '''*n''' || n, ṇ || || | ||
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| '''*ŋ''' || | | '''*ŋ''' || ṇ || || | ||
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| '''*b''' || | | '''*b''' || b, p || || | ||
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| '''*bʰ''' || | | '''*bʰ''' || bh, ph, b, p || || | ||
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| '''*tʰ''' || | | '''*tʰ''' || th, t || || | ||
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| '''*t''' || | | '''*t''' || t || || | ||
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| '''*tʷ''' || || || | | '''*tʷ''' || || || | ||