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The '''Proto-Coelo-Caric language''' is the reconstructed ancestor of the Coelo-Caric languages, Silōs and Carichendan. It would have descended from the Proto-Sinos-Koelic language.
The '''Proto-Coelo-Caric language''' is the reconstructed ancestor of the [[Coelo-Caric_languages|Coelo-Caric languages]], Silōs and Carichendan. It would have descended from the Proto-Sinos-Koelic language.
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Pre-Coelo-Caric===
===Pre-Coelo-Caric===
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*It is not certain whether this change or the precursors to such a change had already occurred in Proto-Coelo-Caric, as a similar change is observed in Pre-Carichendan.
*It is not certain whether this change or the precursors to such a change had already occurred in Proto-Coelo-Caric, as a similar change is observed in Pre-Carichendan.
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|'''Merging of PCC */x/, */g/, */č/''' into a new consonant, */ǯ/ [d͡ʒ] — *ča čenta "home world" > *ǯaǯenta > ''zazelta'' "Earth, the world"; *uxa "blue" > *uǯa > ''zva''
|'''Merging and affricatization of PCC */x/, */g/''' into a new consonant, */ǯ/ [d͡ʒ] — *ča čenta "home world" > *ǯaǯenta > ''zazelta'' "Earth, the world"; *uxa "blue" > *uǯa > ''zva''
*Any instances of */t/ preceding either of these phonemes is absorbed into the affricate.
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|'''*/ŋ/ > */ɴ/''' — *ŋa "to have" > *ɴa > ''a''
|'''*/ŋ/ > */ɴ/''' — *ŋa "to have" > *ɴa > ''a''
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|'''*/nk/ > */ŋg/''' — *sanka let "to buy" > *saŋgalet > ''sangarat''
|'''*/nk/ > */ŋg/''' — *sanka let "to buy" > *saŋgalet > ''sangarat''
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