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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Fewer vowels than modern Wiobian or Tsjoen. | Fewer vowels than modern Wiobian or Tsjoen; vowel length was contrastive, as in Proto-Germanic. | ||
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! style="width: 80px; " |Front | |||
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! style="width: 80px; " |Back | |||
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! style="" |Close | |||
| '''i ii''' | |||
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| '''u uu''' | |||
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! style="" |Close-mid | |||
| '''e ee''' | |||
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| '''o oo''' | |||
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! style="" |Mid | |||
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! style="" |Open | |||
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| '''a aa''' | |||
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==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
Revision as of 01:06, 8 February 2018
Proto-Wiobic is the common ancestor of Tsjoen and Wiobian, as well as other Wiobic languages.
Phonology
Consonants
Pretty similar to Wiobian
| Labial | Alveolar | Medial | Velar | Lab.vel. | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ń /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | |||
| Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | z /c/ | k /k/ | qu /kʷ/ | |
| prenasalized | mp /ᵐb/ | nt /ⁿd/ | ńz /ᶮɟ/ | nk /ᵑg/ | nqu /ᵑgʷ/ | ||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | ɟ /ɟ/ | g /g/ | |||
| Fricative | plain | f /f~v/ | ß /s~z/ þ /θ~ð/ |
s /ç~ʝ/ | ƕ /ʍ/ | h /h/ | |
| prenasalized | mf /ᵐv/ | nß /ⁿz/ | |||||
| Liquid | r /r/; l /l/ | ŕ /ɹ/ | |||||
| Approximant | j /j/ | w /w/ | |||||
Vowels
Fewer vowels than modern Wiobian or Tsjoen; vowel length was contrastive, as in Proto-Germanic.
| Front | Back | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i ii | u uu | |
| Close-mid | e ee | o oo | |
| Mid | |||
| Open | a aa |