Proto-Zanahic
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Introduction
Proto-Zanahic is the reconstructed ancestor of Zanahi and other Zanahic languages.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | |||||||
| Stop | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ’ /ʔ/ | ||||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /ɡ/ | ||||||
| ejective | ṗ /pʼ/ | ṭ /tʼ/ | ḳ /kʼ/ | ||||||
| Affricate | voiceless | s /ts/ | |||||||
| voiced | z /dz/ | ||||||||
| ejective | ṣ /tsʼ/ | ||||||||
| Fricative | ś /s/ | š /ɕ/ | h /h/ | ||||||
| Trill | r /r/ | ||||||||
| Approximant | l /l/ | y /j/ | w /w/ | ||||||
Vowels
| Short | Long | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Front | Back | Front | Back | |
| Close | i /i/ | u /u/ | ī /iː/ | ū /uː/ |
| Mid | e /ɛ/ | ē /ɛː/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | o /ɒ/ | ā /aː/ | ō /ɒː/ |
Reconstructed diphthongs are: /au, ai, ɛu, ɛi, ɒu, ɒi, aːu, aːi, ɛːu, ɛːi, ɒːu, ɒːi/.