Proto-Dwischaric (PDw) is the common ancestor of the Dwischaric languages, a branch of Meezarric that includes Mandarin Orange. It is inspired by Sanskrit and Middle Chinese.
Proto-Meezarric > Proto-Dwischaric
- p/P/t/T/k/q -> pj/p/t/tj/s/k; b/B/d/D/g/G -> bj/b/d/dj/z/g; m/M/n/N/ng/NG -> mj/m/n/nj/nj/ng; w/y/l/L/r/R -> w/j/lj/l/rj/r
- a/aa/e/ee/i/ii/o/oo/u/uu/ai/au -> a/ɔ/e/ee/i/ii/o/oo/u/uu/aa/ɔɔ
- a/e/i/o/u/ɔ -> a/ə/ɨ/ʷə/ʷɨ/ʷa
- V: -> ʰV
- sʷ -> ʃ, wʷ -> w, jʷ -> jʷ, zʷ -> ʒ
Phonology
Consonants
Consonant phonemes of PDw
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Labial
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Coronal
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Palatal
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Velar
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Glottal
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hard
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soft
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hard
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soft
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Nasal
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/m/ |
/mʲ/
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/n/ |
/nʲ/
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/ŋ/
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Stop
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tenuis
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/p/ |
/pʲ/
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/t/ |
/tʲ/
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/k/
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voiced
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/b/ |
/bʲ/
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/d/ |
/dʲ/
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/ɡ/
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Fricative
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voiceless
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/s/ |
/ʃ/
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/h/
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voiced
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/z/ |
/ʒ/
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Trill
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/r/ |
/rʲ/
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Approximant
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central
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/w/ |
/wʲ/
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/j/
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lateral
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/l/ |
/lʲ/
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Vowels
Proto-Lakovic vowels
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Central
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Close
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/ɨ/
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Mid
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/ə/
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Open
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/a/
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