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===Forging a phonology=== | ===Forging a phonology=== | ||
Proto-Indo-European is commonly accepted to have had the following vowel and consonant inventory | Proto-Indo-European is commonly accepted to have had the following vowel and consonant inventory with some minor disagreements on the phonemicity of *a | ||
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| align=center | *{{PIE|w}} | | align=center | *{{PIE|w}} | ||
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{| class="greentable" | |||
|+ '''PIE vowels''' | |||
! rowspan=1| | |||
! colspan=1| [[w:Front vowel|Front]] | |||
! colspan=1| [[w:Back vowel|Back]] | |||
|- align=center | |||
! [[w:Close vowel|Close]] | |||
| *{{PIE|i}} | |||
| *{{PIE|u}} | |||
|- align=center | |||
! [[w:Mid vowel|Mid]] | |||
| *{{PIE|e}} *{{PIE|ē}} | |||
| *{{PIE|o}} *{{PIE|ō}} | |||
|- align=center | |||
! [[w:Open vowel|Open]] | |||
| a* ā* | |||
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|} | |} |