Flei

The Corded Ware languages in Lõis (temporary name) are a paleo-European (pre-Indo-European) language family spoken in much of Europe. Its Urheimat is usually regarded to be somewhere in Central and Eastern Europe, where corded ware artifacts have been found.

See also the Baden languages.

Phonology

• Stops: p t c k q /p t tʂ~c k q/
• Fricatives: f þ s x h /f θ s ʂ~ɧ h/
• Resonants: m n l rr r w y /m n l r ɹ w j/
• Vowels: a e i u ë /ä e i u ə/

Stress

Proto-Corded Ware had no strong stress.

Grammar

• SVO or SOV
• cases and Suffixaufnahme; not Altaic
• stem changes in nouns (like Uralic)

*isqal = child