Eta-Talmic

Phonology

Consonants

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

Vowels

TODO: find plausible intermediates between PQ and Thensarian vowels

a e i o u y ā ē ī ō ū ȳ

Diphthongs:

ai ei oi ui au eu iu ou

āi ēi ōi ūi āu ēu īu ōu

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
• *uy > ui > ui
• *iy, iʔ, ix > ī > ī
• *aw > au > ao
• *əw > eu > iō
• *iw > iu > iū
• *uʔ, ux, uw, uxʷ > ū > ū
• *Cx̌, Cx̌ʷ a > Ca
• *Cxʷ o > Co
• *Cx > ə > Cy
• *əʔ, əx > ē > ē
  • or *ix̌ > ia > iā/ia/ea?
• *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