Roshterian/Proto-Roshterian

Old Roshterian is the reconstructed intermediate stage between Proto-Talmic and Roshterian.

• stress shift to penultimate (endings have not dropped completely yet)
  • yields Modern Roshterian ultimate stress
• Old Irishy allomorphy
• ā > iə

Some words

• φlat-nəm "seed" > Old Roshterian *ḽatnə > Roshterian laaṉ "child (offspring)"
• tekts "child" > Old Roshterian *tejṱ, tejs- > Roshterian ṯeit, ṯeis- "child (young human)"
• bonditejṱiə, bondejṱiə "child-bearer, child-rearer, babysitter" > Roshterian breit, breiti- "woman"
• soliθe > OR höliṱe "5" > Roshterian helit, lite-
• kabnənts > OR kabrəṋs "woman" > (lost)
• snuwem "round" > OR nǖ "fat" > Rooshterian ṉii "big"
• mārom "tree" > OR miəro "tree" > miar

Phonology

Vowels

More vowels than Proto-Talmic; has front rounded vowels

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Medial	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Uvular	Glottal
Nasal		*m	*ṋ	*n
Plosive	voiceless	*p	*ṱ	*t			*k		*q
	voiced	*b	*ḓ	*d			*g
Fricative	voiceless			*s	*σ					*h
	voiced				*ζ				*ʁ
Resonant			*ḽ	*l, *r		*y		*w