Taba

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Proto-Pfeunic is the common ancestor to Pfeunic, one of the largest branches of the Quihum languages.

"An additional constraint prohibited roots containing both a voiced aspirated and a voiceless plosive (**tebʰ-), unless the latter occurs in a word-initial cluster after an *s (e.g. *stebʰ- 'to stiffen'). Taken together with the abundance of *DʰeDʰ-type roots, it has been proposed that this distribution results from a limited process of voice assimilation in pre-PIE, where a voiceless stop was assimilated to a voiced aspirate, if another one followed or preceded within a root."

  • voice assimilation
  • l > r; lʼ, ł > l
  • mC, nC, lC > um, un, ul (word-initially)
  • s > s/z?
  • z, n', l > r
  • -sm-, -sn-, -sl-, -sr- > mm, nn, ll, rr
  • -łm-, -łn- > lm, ll
  • -ł > -:
  • m'-, w' > wr-?
  • What if some z c c' become PPf dentals (d t þ)?
    • PQ sc > PPf st

Phonology

Consonants

Similar to PGmc, with addition of ŧ, đ, ŝ /tɬ, dɮ, ɧ/.

Vowels

Vocalism should be similar to PGmc.