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| '''f''' /f~v/
| '''f''' /f/
| '''ß''' /s~z/<br/>'''þ''' /θ/
| '''ß''' /s/<br/>'''þ''' /θ/
| '''s''' /ç/
| '''s''' /ç/
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| '''ƕ''' /ʍ/
| '''ƕ''' /ʍ/
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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Fewer vowels than modern Wiobian or Tsjoen; vowel length was contrastive, as in Proto-Germanic.
Fewer vowels than modern Wiobian or Tsjoen; vowel length was contrastive, as in Proto-Germanic.

Revision as of 01:09, 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/ ß /s/
þ /θ/
s /ç/ ƕ /ʍ/ h /h/
prenasalized mf /ᵐv/ /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 Central Back
Close i ii u uu
Mid e ee o oo
Open a aa

There were also two diphthongs, ai au.

Grammar