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(Created page with "{| class="wikitable" style="margin:autmargin:auto;" |+caption | Consonant phonemes |- ! colspan="1" rowspan="1" | ! rowspan="1" | Labial ! colspan="1" | Dental ! colspan="1" | Palatal ! colspan="1" | Velar |- |- style="text-align:center;" ! colspan="1" | Nasal | *m | *n | *ɲ | |- style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="1" | Stop | *p *pʰ *b | *t *tʰ *d | *c *cʰ *ɟ | *k *kʰ *ɡ |- style="text-align:center;" ! rowspan="1" | Fricative | | *s | | |} ==Grammar== Similar...") |
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Vowel system is /a e i o u ə/ without vowel length or gemination. Syllable structure is (C)V(C) and stress falls on the first syllable | |||
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Similar to it's descendants Proto-Naktap-Semi had SOV, Head-final word order. Instead of using suffixes like it's desxendants it uses particles. Plural particle *tʰə put after case particles can be reconstructed. Proto-Naktap-Semi had following cases: | Similar to it's descendants Proto-Naktap-Semi had SOV, Head-final word order. Instead of using suffixes like it's desxendants it uses particles. Plural particle *tʰə put after case particles can be reconstructed. Proto-Naktap-Semi had following cases: | ||