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| '''Proto-Pfeunic''' is the common ancestor to [[Pfeunic languages|Pfeunic]], one of the largest branches of the [[Quihum languages]].
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| ==Diachronic sketch==
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| #q, qʷ > k, kʷ
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| #root voice assimilation: a plain stop (unless following ''s'') is assimilated to a voiced stop within a stem
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| #*"An additional constraint prohibited roots containing both a voiced aspirated and a voiceless plosive (**tebʰ-), unless the latter occurs in a word-initial cluster after an *s (e.g. *stebʰ- 'to stiffen'). Taken together with the abundance of *DʰeDʰ-type roots, it has been proposed that this distribution results from a limited process of voice assimilation in pre-PIE, where a voiceless stop was assimilated to a voiced aspirate, if another one followed or preceded within a root."
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| #a ə i u > e a i u (before laryngeals vocalize)
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| #laryngeal reflexes:
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| #*aʔ, eʔ, iʔ, uʔ (also ah, eh, ih, uh) > ā, ē, ī, ū
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| #*ax, ex, ix, ux > ē, ē, ī, ū
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| #*ax̌, ex̌, ix̌, ux̌ > ā, ā, ē, ō
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| #*axʷ, exʷ, ixʷ, uxʷ > ō, ō, iw, ū
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| #*ax̌ʷ, ex̌ʷ, ix̌ʷ, ux̌ʷ > ā, ō, ew, ō
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| #z, nʼ, l, ʕʼ > r; lʼ, ł > l
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| #-ł > -:
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| #mC, nC, lC, rC > um, un, ul, ur (word-initially)
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| #Zero-grade becomes u-grade
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| #-sm-, -sn-, -sl-, -sr- > mm, nn, ll, rr
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| #-łm-, -łn- > lm, ll
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| #m'-, w', ʕʷʼ > wr-?
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| #some z c c' become PPf dentals (d t þ)?
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| #*PQ ''sc'' > PPf ''st''
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| #''ā'' > ''ō''
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| #Grimm's law!
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| #*Stress becomes initial; after unstressed vowels, ƛ > t
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| #*''p t ƛ k kʷ'' (when not after a fricative) > /f θ ɬ x xʷ/
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| #*ɬ > ɧ
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| #*''sb spʼ'' > ''sp''
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| #*''tk, dg, tʼkʼ'' > ''h, g, k''
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| #*''tkʷ, dgʷ, tʼkʷʼ'' > ''þw, dw, tw''
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| #Verner's law! (from PQ accent; when immediately following an unstressed syllable)
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| #e > i before nasals, and in unstressed syllables (except before r)
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Consonants===
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| Similar to PGmc, with addition of ''ŧ, đ, ŝ'' /tɬ, dɮ, ɧ/.
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| ===Vowels===
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| Vocalism should be similar to PGmc.
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| Might only need a ā e ē i ī ō u ū (must get o in Wieb from a-umlaut)
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| [[Category:Pfeunic languages|*]][[Category:Proto-languages|P]][[Category:Quihum languages|P]]
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