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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== |
Revision as of 01:11, 8 February 2018
Proto-Wiobic is the common ancestor of Tsjoen and Wiobian, as well as other Wiobic languages.
Phonology
Consonants
Pretty similar to Wiobian
Labial | Alveolar | Medial | Velar | Lab.vel. | ||
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Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ń /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||
Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | z /c/ | k /k/ | qu /kʷ/ |
prenasalized | mp /ᵐb/ | nt /ⁿd/ | ńz /ᶮɟ/ | nk /ᵑg/ | nqu /ᵑgʷ/ | |
voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | ɟ /ɟ/ | g /g/ | ||
Fricative | plain | f /f/ | ß /s/ þ /θ/ |
s /ç/ | h /x/ | ƕ /ʍ/ |
prenasalized | mf /ᵐv/ | nß /ⁿz/ | ||||
Liquid | r /r/; l /l/ | ŕ /ɹ/ | ||||
Approximant | j /j/ | w /w/ |
Vowels
Fewer vowels than modern Wiobian or Tsjoen; vowel length was contrastive, as in Proto-Germanic.
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i ii | u uu | |
Mid | e ee | o oo | |
Open | a aa |
There were also four diphthongs, ai au ia ua.