Proto-Riphic

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Proto-Riphic is a descendant of Late PIE with a Proto-Germanic and Proto-Balto-Slavic hybrid aesthetic.

Phonology

Proto-Riphic is a satem language, which means that the original PIE palatovelars are fronted to alveolar. It also underwent a sound shift similar to Grimm's law:

  • PIE voiceless stops -> voiceless fricatives
  • PIE "plain voiced"/glottalic stops -> voiceless stops
  • PIE "voiced aspirates" -> voiced stops

Unlike in Proto-Germanic, though, there is no Verner's law in Proto-Nithish.