Phonology
Consonants
Proto-Azzanic reconstructed consonants
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Labial
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Denti-alveolar
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Retroflex
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Palatal
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Velar
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Uvular
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Glottal
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| central
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lateral
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| Nasal
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*m
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*n
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| Plosive
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plain
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*p
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*t
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*ṭ
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*k
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*q
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*ʔ
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| voiced
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*b
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*d
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*ḍ
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*g
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*ɢ
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| Fricative
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voiceless
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*þ *s
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*ś
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*h
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| voiced
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*ð *z
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*ź
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| Affricate
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plain
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*c
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*ć
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| voiced
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*ʒ
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*ʒ́
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| Approximant
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*w
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*y
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| Liquid
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*r
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*l
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Consonant correspondences
| PGam
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*p
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*b
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*pʼ
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*t
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*d
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*tʼ
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*s
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*z
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*c
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*cʼ
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*ś
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*ź
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*ć
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*ćʼ
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*k
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*g
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*kʼ
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*kʷ
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*gʷ
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*kʷʼ
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*q
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*ɢ
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*qʼ
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*qʷ
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*ɢʷ
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*qʷʼ
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*m
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*n
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*l
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*r
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*y
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*w
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*ʔ
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*h
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Vowels
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Front
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Central
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Back
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| Close
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*i *ī
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*u *ū
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| Mid
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*e *ē
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*o *ō
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| Open
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*a *ā
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Suprasegmentals
Stress fell on the first heavy syllable (the last syllable was disregarded); if there was no long syllable, the stress fell on the first syllable.
Phonotactics