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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
The following vowels were present:
The following vowels had evolved from the much simpler system of [[Proto-Rttirrian]]:


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| *'''i''' /i/
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| *'''u''' /u/
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! Mid-high
| *'''e''' /e/
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| *'''o''' /o/
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! Low-mid
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| *'''â''' /ɔ/
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! Low
! Low
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| *'''a''' /ä/
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Revision as of 05:44, 24 February 2017

Phonology

Consonants

Proto-North-Rttirrian possessed the following consonants:

Labial Alveolar Palatal-
alveolar
Palatal Velar Retroflex
Nasal *m /m/ *n /n/ *rn /ɳ/
Plosive *p /p/
*b /b/
*t /t/
*d /d/
*k /k/
*g /g/
*rt /ʈ/
*rd /ɖ/
Fricative *f /ɸ/
*v /β/
*s /s/
*z /z/
*sh /ʃ/
*zh /ʒ/
Approximant *y /j/ *rl /ɭ/
*rr /ɻ/

Vowels

The following vowels had evolved from the much simpler system of Proto-Rttirrian:

Front Central Back
High *i /i/ *u /u/
Mid-high *e /e/ *o /o/
Low-mid *â /ɔ/
Low *a /ä/

Grammar

Verbs

The following verb prefixes are reconstructed:

Verb Form I Verb Form II
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl.
Past *mo- *mom- *apaf- *am- *bo- *bom- *pa- *bam-
Present *na- *nam- *akf- *sam- *khâ- *khem- *rda- *rdam-
Future *ney- *mi- *akey- *mi- *khe- *mi- *rdi- *mi-
Gerund/
Infinitive
*ân- *âm- *âk- *âm- *e- *âm- *ârd- *âm-

Nouns

The following noun suffixes are reconstructed:

Singular Plural
Normal Diminutive Normal Diminutive
Nominative *-a *-ma *-maz
Accusative
(vestigial)
*-i/*-y *-ey/*-y *-mi *-mizh

The following pronouns are reconstructed:

1st 2nd 3rd
Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl.
Nominative
(emphatic)
*natku *napku *atku *satku *âtku *âpku
Accusative *ni *mey *ki *ksey *gyo *goy
Possessive
noun prefix
*na- *mi- *akf- *sa- *â- *e-