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|+Reconstrcuted vowel phonemes of Proto-Zanahic | |||
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! colspan="2" |Short | |||
! colspan="2" |Long | |||
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![[w:Front vowel|Front]] | |||
![[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
![[w:Front vowel|Front]] | |||
![[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
|- | |||
![[w:Close vowel|Close]] | |||
| {{IPA|/i/}} | |||
| {{IPA|/u/}} | |||
| {{IPA|/iː/}} | |||
| {{IPA|/uː/}} | |||
|- | |||
![[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | |||
| {{IPA|/ɛ/}} | |||
| <!--{{IPA|/o/}}--> | |||
| {{IPA|/ɛː/}} | |||
| <!--{{IPA|/oː/}}--> | |||
|- | |||
![[w:Open vowel|Open]] | |||
| {{IPA|/a/}} | |||
| {{IPA|/ɒ/}} | |||
| {{IPA|/aː/}} | |||
| {{IPA|/ɒː/}} | |||
|- | |||
|} | |||
Reconstructed diphthongs are: {{IPA|/au, ai, ɛu, ɛi, ɒu, ɒi, aːu, aːi, ɛːu, ɛːi, ɒːu, ɒːi/}}. | |||
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Revision as of 06:19, 4 February 2024
Introduction
Proto-Zanahic is the reconstructed ancestor of Zanahi and other Zanahic languages.
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | /m/ | /n/ | |||||||
| Stop | voiceless | /p/ | /t/ | /k/ | /ʔ/ | ||||
| voiced | /b/ | /d/ | /ɡ/ | ||||||
| ejective | /pʼ/ | /tʼ/ | /kʼ/ | ||||||
| Affricate | voiceless | /ts/ | |||||||
| voiced | /dz/ | ||||||||
| ejective | /tsʼ/ | ||||||||
| Fricative | /s/ | /ɕ/ | /h/ | ||||||
| Trill | /r/ | ||||||||
| Approximant | /l/ | /j/ | /w/ | ||||||
Vowels
| Short | Long | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Back | Front | Back | |
| Close | /i/ | /u/ | /iː/ | /uː/ |
| Mid | /ɛ/ | /ɛː/ | ||
| Open | /a/ | /ɒ/ | /aː/ | /ɒː/ |
Reconstructed diphthongs are: /au, ai, ɛu, ɛi, ɒu, ɒi, aːu, aːi, ɛːu, ɛːi, ɒːu, ɒːi/.