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Proto-Wakanic is reconstructed with 12 consonants, 11 vowels and two tones: high and low. | Proto-Wakanic is reconstructed with 12 consonants, 11 vowels and two tones: high and low. | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;" | ||
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| *m /m/ || *n /n/ || *ṇ /ɳ/ || *ń /ɲ/ || *ŋ /ŋ/ || *ŋm /ŋm/ | | *m /m/ || *n /n/ || *ṇ /ɳ/ || *ń /ɲ/ || *ŋ /ŋ/ || *ŋm /ŋm/ | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Vowels=== | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;" | ||
! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "| | ! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "| | ||
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! style="" |Close | ! style="" |Close | ||
| | | *i /i/ | ||
| | | *ī /iː/ | ||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
| | | *u /u/ | ||
| | | *ū /uː/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Mid | ! style="" |Mid | ||
| | | *e /e/ | ||
| | | *ē /eː/ | ||
| | | *ə /ə/ | ||
| | | | ||
| | | *o /o/ | ||
| | | *ō /oː/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! style="" |Open | ! style="" |Open | ||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
| | | *a /a/ | ||
| | | *ā /aː/ | ||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
|} | |} | ||
Revision as of 20:35, 15 June 2016
Proto-Wakanic is the ancestor of Proto-Veraic, Wakanese and Proctorian. It's about 2000-1500 years old.
Phonology
Proto-Wakanic is reconstructed with 12 consonants, 11 vowels and two tones: high and low.
Consonants
| Bilabial | Dental | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | *b /b/ | *d /d/ | *ḍ /ɖ/ | *ǵ /ɟ/ | *g /g/ | *gb /ɡb/ |
| Nasal | *m /m/ | *n /n/ | *ṇ /ɳ/ | *ń /ɲ/ | *ŋ /ŋ/ | *ŋm /ŋm/ |
===Vowels===?
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | *i /i/ | *ī /iː/ | *u /u/ | *ū /uː/ | ||
| Mid | *e /e/ | *ē /eː/ | *ə /ə/ | *o /o/ | *ō /oː/ | |
| Open | *a /a/ | *ā /aː/ | ||||