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possibly phonemic status of t / k and d / r suspect in Afro-Asiatic. Semitic alternates in pronominals, in Cushitic masc. ''k'' vs. fem. ''t''. Cushitic and South Ethiopic have traces ( shifting l > d in Gozo), Berber too (Numidic mnkd, Tuareg a-mnukal), additionally, in the macroregion: Bantu has similar (-tund < -tunl) and Amharic, Argobba, Gafat word qänd < qarn (Ge‘ez) (''nd < rn''). | possibly phonemic status of t / k and d / r suspect in Afro-Asiatic. Semitic alternates in pronominals, in Cushitic masc. ''k'' vs. fem. ''t''. Cushitic and South Ethiopic have traces ( shifting l > d in Gozo), Berber too (Numidic mnkd, Tuareg a-mnukal), additionally, in the macroregion: Bantu has similar (-tund < -tunl) and Amharic, Argobba, Gafat word qänd < qarn (Ge‘ez) (''nd < rn''). | ||
PSem. : eight monosyllabic root morphemes: (''short'') Cv, (''long'') Cv̄, CvC, C₁C₂vC₃, (''ultra-long'') Cv̄C, C₁C₂v̄C₃, C₁vC₂C₂ and C₁vC₂C₃. | |||
Ca: (*wa- > ) ''*u-'', ''*-ma'' “and”, (''*ha-'' > ) ''*a-'' interrogative, ''*ka-'' “as, like”, ''*la-'' “truly”, ''*pa-'' “and so” | |||
Ci: ''*bi-'', “in”; ''*li-'' “for” | |||
Cu: ''*lu-'' | |||