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==Rostherian==
Inspirations: Welsh, Tamil
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 700px; text-align:center;"
! rowspan="2" colspan="2" |
! rowspan="2" |Labial
! colspan="2" |Dental/Alveolar
! colspan="2" |Retroflex
! rowspan="2" |Velar
! rowspan="2" |Uvular
! rowspan="2" |Glottal
|-
!<small>central</small>
!<small>lateral</small>
!<small>central</small>
!<small>lateral</small>
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
| '''m''' /m/
| '''n''' /n̪/
|
| '''nh''' /ɳ/
|
| [ŋ]
| [ɴ]
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Stop
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| '''p''' /p/
| '''t''' /t̪/
|
| '''th''' /ʈ/
|
| '''c''' /k/
| '''q''' /q/
|
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' /b/
| '''d''' /d̪/
|
| '''dh''' /ɖ/
|
| '''g''' /g/
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" style="" |Continuant
! |<small>voiceless</small>
|
| '''s''' /s/
| '''ł''' /ɬ/
| '''sh''' /ʂ/
| '''łh''' /ꞎ/
|
|
| '''h''' /h/
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''w''' /v~w/
| '''r''' /r/
| '''l''' /l/
|colspan="2"| '''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
{{angbr|'''i î u û e ê y ŷ o ô a â ia eu ua oe iu'''}}
*{{recon|qt}} > :ʈ ({{recon|*neqtə}} > ''nêth'' /neːʈ/ 'cloud')
*{{recon|kj}} > ''tt'' /tː/
*{{recon|tj}} > ''ss'' /sː/
*{{recon|φj}} > ''pt'' /pt/
*{{recon|sk}} > ''sc'' /sk/
*{{recon|skj}} > ''sht'' /ʂt/
*{{recon|st}} > ''sth'' /ʂʈ/
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===

Revision as of 22:51, 4 January 2017

Phonology

Consonants

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

Vowels

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

Thensarian reflexes

PTal reflexes in bold

  • *a > o > o
  • *ax̌, əx̌, ax̌ʷ > ā > ā
  • *aʔ, əx̌ʷ > ō > ō
  • *ə > e > e
  • *i > i > i
  • *u > u > u
  • *ay > oi > ȳ
  • *əy > ai > ae
  • *iy > ei > ī
  • *uy > ui > ui
  • *iʔ, ix > ī > ī
  • *aw > ou > ao
  • *əw > eu >
  • *iw > iu >
  • *uʔ, ux, uxʷ > ū > ū
  • *uw > ou > ao
  • *Cx̌, Cx̌ʷ > Ca > Ca
  • *Cxʷ > Co > Co
  • *Cx > Cə > Cy
  • *əʔ, əx, ix̌ > ē > ē
  • *ux̌, x̌u > ō > ō
  • *axʷ, ax̌ʷ > au > ao
  • *ixʷ, ix̌ʷ > eu >
  • *ux̌ʷ > ō > ō
  • *iyx̌, iyx̌ʷ >
  • *əyx̌, əyx̌ʷ >
  • *iy(ə)x >