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! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" | ɸ <f> β <v>
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" | ɸ <f> β <v>
|| θ <þ> ð <ð> || s <s> [z] || || x <h> ɣ <ɣ>
|| θ <þ> ð <ð> || s &lt;s> [z] || || x <h> ɣ <ɣ>
|-
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
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|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Close vowel|Close]]
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Close vowel|Close]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" | i <i> i: <ī> i:: <î>
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" | i &lt;i> i: <ī> i:: <î>
|| u <u> u: <ū> u:: <û>
|| u &lt;u> u: <ū> u:: <û>
|-
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Close-mid vowel|Close-Mid]]
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Close-mid vowel|Close-Mid]]
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|}
|}


{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Diphthongs
|+ Diphthongs
|-
|-
!  !! -u̯ !! -i̯
!  !! -u̯ !! -i̯
|-
|-
| ɑ- || ɑu̯ <au> ||
! style="font-weight: bold;" | ɑ-  
|| ɑu̯ <au> ||
|-
|-
| ɑ:- || ɑ:u̯ <āu> ||
! style="font-weight: bold;" | ɑ:-  
|| ɑ:u̯ <āu> ||
|-
|-
| u- ||  || ui̯ <ui>
! style="font-weight: bold;" | u-  
||  || ui̯ <ui>
|-
|-
| u:- ||  || u:i̯ <ūi>
! style="font-weight: bold;" | u:-  
||  || u:i̯ <ūi>
|-
|-
| i- || iu̯ <iu> ||
! style="font-weight: bold;" | i-  
|| iu̯ <iu> ||
|-
|-
| i:- || i:u̯ <īu> ||
! style="font-weight: bold;" | i:-  
|| i:u̯ <īu> ||
|}
|}


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Proto-Vidic, unlike its [[Proto-West-Vidic|western descendant]] uses SV-inversion for yes/no questions. Other types of questions are typically asked using interrogative pronouns (e.g. "what", "who").
Proto-Vidic, unlike its [[Proto-West-Vidic|western descendant]] uses SV-inversion for yes/no questions. Other types of questions are typically asked using interrogative pronouns (e.g. "what", "who").
[[Category:Vidic_languages]]