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Proto-Wakanic, like most modern Wakanic languages, had five vowels: *a, *e, *i, *o, *u; which can be short or long. Long vowels are written with a macron.
Proto-Wakanic, like most modern Wakanic languages, had five vowels: *a, *e, *i, *o, *u; which can be short or long. Long vowels are written with a macron.
There were also two diphthongs: *ai and *au. The Verapamil reflex of *au is ''ai'' and the Diltiazem reflex is ''aŭ'' /aw/.
There were also two diphthongs: *ai and *au.


Proto-Wakanic allowed consonant clusters of up to two consonants before a vowel.
Proto-Wakanic allowed consonant clusters of up to two consonants before a vowel.