Eta-Talmic: Difference between revisions

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Inspirations: Welsh, Tamil

		Labial	Dental/Alveolar		Retroflex		Velar	Uvular	Glottal
		Labial	central	lateral	central	lateral	Velar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n̪/		nh /ɳ/		[ŋ]	[ɴ]
Stop	voiceless	p /p/	t /t̪/		th /ʈ/		c /k/	q /q/
Stop	voiced	b /b/	d /d̪/		dh /ɖ/		g /g/
Continuant	voiceless		s /s/	ł /ɬ/	sh /ʂ/	łh /ꞎ/			h /h/
Continuant	voiced	w /v~w/	r /r/	l /l/	zh /ʐ~ɻ~ɭ/			gh /ʁ/

evidentials, quasi-polysynthetic

i i: u u: e e: ə ə: o o: a a: iə eu uə oi iu

⟨i î u û e ê y ŷ o ô a â ia eu ua oe iu⟩

Proto-Talmic reconstructed consonants (Panzux)
		Labial	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Uvular	Labiouvular	Glottal
Nasal		*m	*n
Plosive	voiceless		*t			*k	*kʷ	*q	*qʷ
Plosive	voiced	*b	*d			*g	*gʷ
Fricative	voiceless	*ɸ	*s	*ɬ						*h
Fricative	voiced			*ɮ				*ʁ	*ʁʷ
Resonant			*r	*l	*j		*w	*ʁ	*ʁʷ

TODO: find plausible intermediates between PQ and Thensarian vowels

a e i o u ə ā ē ī ō ū

Diphthongs:

ai ei oi ui au eu iu ou

PTal reflexes in bold

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 *{{recon|kj}} > ''tt''
 *{{recon|skj}} > ''sht''
+*{{recon|st}} > ''sth''
 ==Phonology==