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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
=== Consonants === | |||
Proto-Idavic had about 27 consonants and had a distinction between front and back coronals and front and back velars. It is thought to have had no labials except /m/; labials were gained in later languages but in different ways. | Proto-Idavic had about 27 consonants and had a distinction between front and back coronals and front and back velars. It is thought to have had no labials except /m/; labials were gained in later languages but in different ways. | ||
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=== Vowels === | |||
Proto-Idavic had a vowel system similar to that of Proto-Balto-Slavic. | |||
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| '''ā''' /a:/ | | '''ā''' /a:/ | ||
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Diphthongs: ay aw ey ew~jaw | |||
===Suprasegmentals === | |||
*Pitch accent: modal ('''á'''), creaky ('''ã''') | *Pitch accent: modal ('''á'''), creaky ('''ã''') | ||
** Creaky voice is the source of glottal reinforcement in Shalaian and | ** Creaky voice is the source of glottal reinforcement in Shalaian and gemination in Netagin. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||