Roshterian/Proto-Roshterian
Old Roshterian is the reconstructed intermediate stage between Proto-Talmic and Roshterian.
- no stress shift yet (endings have not dropped completely yet)
Some words
- φlat-nəm "seed" > hlatnə > laaṉ
- tekts "child" > tejθ, tej- > ṯeit, ṯei-
Phonology
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Uvular | Labiouvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | *m | *n | ||||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | *p | *t | *k | *q | |||||
| voiced | *b | *d | *g | |||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | *θ | *s | *xw | *h | |||||
| voiced | *δ | *ʁ | *ʁʷ | |||||||
| Resonant | *l | *r | *j | *w | ||||||