Eta-Talmic

Proto-Talmic is the last common ancestor of all Talmic languages (including Thensarian, Tíogall, Nurian, Roshterian, ...). It is inspired by Proto-Celtic.

Diachronics

• Early rhotacization: lʼ, nʼ, yʼ > r
• Ejectives become voiced stops:
  • cʼ dz > z;
  • qʼ qʷʼ > ɢ ɢʷ > ʁ ʁʷ
• xʷ > w word initially before a vowel
• Lateral stop
• Late rhotacization: z > r
• lenition of p > φ
• Cluster simplifications

Phonology

Consonants

Proto-Talmic reconstructed consonants (Panzux)
		Labial	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Velar	Labiovelar	Uvular	Labiouvular	Glottal
Nasal		*m	*n
Plosive	voiceless		*t			*k	*kʷ	*q	*qʷ
	voiced	*b	*d			*g	*gʷ
Fricative	voiceless	*ɸ	*s	*ɬ						*h
	voiced			*ɮ				*ʁ	*ʁʷ
Resonant			*r	*l	*j		*w

Vowels

a e i o u ə ā ē ī ō ū

Diphthongs:

ai ei oi ui au eu iu ou

Thensarian reflexes

PTal reflexes in bold

• *a > o > o
• *ax̌, əx̌, ax̌ʷ > ā > ā
• *aʔ, əx̌ʷ > ō > ō
• *ə > e > e
• *i > i > i
• *u > u > u
• *ay > oi > ȳ
• *əy > ai > ae
• *iy > ei > ī
• *uy > ui > ui
• *iʔ, ix > ī > ī
• *aw > ou > ao
• *əw > eu > iō
• *iw > iu > iū
• *uʔ, ux, uxʷ > ū > ū
• *uw > ou > ao
• *Cx̌, Cx̌ʷ > Ca > Ca
• *Cxʷ > Co > Co
• *Cx > Cə > Cy
• *əʔ, əx, ix̌ > ē > ē
• *ux̌, x̌u > ō > ō
• *axʷ, ax̌ʷ > au > ao
• *ixʷ, ix̌ʷ > eu > iō
• *ux̌ʷ > ō > ō
• *iyx̌, iyx̌ʷ > iā
• *əyx̌, əyx̌ʷ > eā
• *iy(ə)x > iē