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Old Zoki is the reconstructed common ancestor of Zoki and a few closely related languages spoken in Myanmar. It is part of the North Rttirrian branch of the Rttirrian family of languages, and a direct descendant of Proto-North-Rttirrian.

Phonology

Consonants

Old Zoki possessed the following consonants:

	Labial	Alveolar	Palatal- alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Retroflex
Nasal	*m /m/	*n /n/				*rn /ɳ/
Plosive	*p /p/ *b /b/	*t /t/ *d /d/			*k /k/ *g /g/	*rt /ʈ/ *rd /ɖ/
Fricative	*f /ɸ/ *v /β/	*s /s/ *z /z/	*sh /ʃ/ *zh /ʒ/		*kh /x/
Approximant				*y /j/		*rl /ɭ/ *rr /ɻ/

Vowels

The following vowels were used:

	Front		Central		Back
	Short	Long	Short	Long	Short	Long
High	*i /i/	*ī /iː/			*u /u/	*ū /uː/
Mid-high	*e /e/	*ē /eː/			*o /o/	*ō /oː/
Low-mid					*â /ɔ/	*ấ /ɔː/
Low			*a /ä/	*ā /äː/

Grammar

Old Zoki had several verb forms, each giving a different nuance to the concept expressed in the biliteral or triliteral root. These forms are summarized below.

Note that Form V was marginal and only applicable to a handful of verb roots, mostly relating to ______ or ______.

Forms						Examples
Form	Past	Present	Future	Gerund	Meaning	Biliteral root: k-b (to stop)	Triliteral root: t-j-n (to bother)
I	_ō_(e_)	_ē_(e_)	_ē_(?_)	_ē_(?_)	to undergo a process emphatically or suddenly	kēb – he stops suddenly	tējen – he goes crazy
II	_ā_(a_)	_ā_(a_)	_ī_(?_)	_ấ_(?_)	to undergo a process weakly or gradually	kāb – he slows to a halt	tājan – he hesitates
III	_i_ō(_e)	_i_ē(_e)	_i_ē(_?)	_i_ē(_?)	to act on someone/something emphatically or suddenly	kibē – he causes to stop suddenly	tijēne – he completely disrupts
IV	_i_ā(_a)	_i_ā(_a)	_i_ī(_?)	_i_ấ(_?)	to act on someone/something weakly or gradually	kibā – he drags to a halt	tijāna – he annoys
V