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==Sound changes== | ==Sound changes== | ||
Need more on vowels, many of which happen after grammaticalization of pronouns. | Need more on vowels, many of which happen after grammaticalization of pronouns. | ||
More cluster resolutions. | |||
#''*qχ'' > ''*χ'' | #''*qχ'' > ''*χ'' | ||
#''*kʰ cʰ tʰ pʰ'' in order > ''*x *ç *θ *ɸ'' | #''*kʰ *cʰ *tʰ *pʰ'' in order > ''*x *ç *θ *ɸ'' | ||
#''*ʔ=ʔ'' > ''*ʔ'' | #''*ʔ=ʔ'' > ''*ʔ'' | ||
#''*mʔ, *nʔ, *lʔ, *rʔ'' > ''*mp, *nt, *lt, *rt''; ''*mh, *nh, *lh, *rh'' > ''*mɸ, *nθ, *lθ, *rθ'' | #''*mʔ, *nʔ, *lʔ, *rʔ'' > ''*mp, *nt, *lt, *rt''; ''*mh, *nh, *lh, *rh'' > ''*mɸ, *nθ, *lθ, *rθ'' |
Revision as of 04:22, 2 April 2014
Proto-Talsmic phonology
Consonant inventory
Proto-Talsmic reconstructed consonants | ||||||||
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Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||
Nasal | *m | *n | ||||||
Plosive | voiceless | *p | *t | *c | *k | *q | *ʔ | |
voiced | *b | *d | *ɟ | *g | ||||
aspirated | *pʰ | *tʰ | *cʰ | *kʰ | *qʰ | |||
Fricative | voiceless | *s | *ç | *h | ||||
voiced | *z | *ƶ | *ʁ | |||||
Approximant | *w | *j | ||||||
Trill | *r | |||||||
Lateral app. | *l |
/qʰ/ may have been realized as an affricate, [qχ].
Vocalic inventory
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | *i *ī | *u *ū | |
Mid | *e *ē | *o *ō | |
Open | *a *ā |
Sound changes
Need more on vowels, many of which happen after grammaticalization of pronouns.
More cluster resolutions.
- *qχ > *χ
- *kʰ *cʰ *tʰ *pʰ in order > *x *ç *θ *ɸ
- *ʔ=ʔ > *ʔ
- *mʔ, *nʔ, *lʔ, *rʔ > *mp, *nt, *lt, *rt; *mh, *nh, *lh, *rh > *mɸ, *nθ, *lθ, *rθ
- *nr > ndr, *lr > ldr
- *c > *ŧ
- *ç *ƶ
- > *θ *ð
- > *ɸ _C[+coronal +plosive/affricate]
- *k > *x / _{d, t, ŧ}
- *tk, *ck *tkʰ/kʰ > cht, chŧ, cth
- Tonogenesis event: *=ʔ > word-final tonic syllable
- *q *χ > *ʡ *ħ
- *ʁ
- > *ʕ except...
- > *w / _C[+voiced] or _V[+close]
- Themsaran rhotacization: *z > *r / V_C[-semivowel, +voiced, ~{/z/}]
- coronal obstruent + sibilanti > sibilantisibilanti
- CC[+resonant]{C, #} > CyC[+resonant]{C, #}
- Cyı{C, #} > Ci{C, #}
- CC[-resonant]C > CiC[-resonant]C
- *ıy[ː] > i[ː]
- *w > *v
- *ʕ > *ħ
- *h > [ː~] / _C[+fricative]
- *ʔ
- > [ː~] / _C
- > 0 / otherwise
- *ʡ
- > ħ / _{*t, *ŧ}