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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Wascotl phonology is most often reconstructed as follows. | |||
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| || *r || *l | | || *r || *l | ||
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*The realization of *n likely depended on following consonants, varying between [ŋ] before (labio)velar and glottal consonants and [n] before other consonants, and was possibly in free variation before vowels. | |||
*Based on allophones of *n and *e, in early Wascotl *' *h may have been uvular. | |||
**[ç] was likely an allophone of *h before *i. | |||
*Whether *j and *l were approximants or voiced fricatives is uncertain. | |||
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|+ Vowels | |||
|- | |||
! !! colspan="2" | [[w:Front vowel|Front]] !! [[w:Central vowel|Central]] !! colspan="2" | [[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Close vowel|High]] | |||
| *i || *ī || *į || | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | |||
| *e || *ē || *ę || *o || *ō | |||
|- | |||
! [[w:Open vowel|Low]] | |||
| colspan="3"| *a || *ā | |||
|} | |||
*Length was most likely the distinction between *i and *ī etc., but phonation has also been proposed. | |||
*[ɤ ɤː] were likely allophones of *e *ē after (labio)velar and glottal consonants. | |||
*The realization of *a *ā is uncertain but most likely back [ɑ ɑː]. | |||
*A marginal vowel *u may also have occurred as an allophone of *w. | |||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||