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The Italic base of Proto-Tungric (known as Pre-Proto-Tungric, or PPT for short) had the following features: | The Italic base of Proto-Tungric (known as Pre-Proto-Tungric, or PPT for short) had the following features: | ||
* | *PPT lacked the merger of Proto-Italic /θ, xʷ, f/ that occurred in all attested Italic languages. Instead, each of these merged with its voiced counterpart, as did /x/. | ||
*The voicing of fricatives likely differed from what is usually reconstructed for Proto-Italic. | *The voicing of fricatives in PPT likely differed from what is usually reconstructed for Proto-Italic. In PPT, the fricatives besides /s/ are reconstructed as voiced in all positions (i.e. /ð, ɣʷ, β, ɣ/), while /s/ is reconstructed as unvoiced in most positions. | ||
* | *PPT stress rules are constructed to have been similar to those of Classical Latin, however: | ||
**Word-final syllables took stress if the syllable was super-heavy - i.e. a long vowel or diphthong followed by a coda consonant, or a long diphthong. | **Word-final syllables took stress if the syllable was super-heavy - i.e. a long vowel or diphthong followed by a coda consonant, or a long diphthong. | ||
**Few vowel contractions had taken place (those that had taken place included *''-eje-'' > *''-ē-''). | **Few vowel contractions had taken place at the PPT stage (those that had taken place included *''-eje-'' > *''-ē-''). | ||
**Some words had analogical or sporadic vowel changes and/or stress shifts. | **Some words had analogical or sporadic vowel changes and/or stress shifts. | ||
* | *PPT lacked Classical Latin vowel weakenings. | ||
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