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* PIE "voiced aspirates" -> voiced stops | * PIE "voiced aspirates" -> voiced stops | ||
Unlike in Proto-Germanic, though, there is no Verner's law in Proto-Nithish. | Unlike in Proto-Germanic, though, there is no Verner's law in Proto-Nithish. Voiced stops have fricative allophones as in Spanish. | ||
{{PAGENAME}} doesn't have a broad/slender contrast in consonants unlike its descendant [[Nithish]]. | {{PAGENAME}} doesn't have a broad/slender contrast in consonants unlike its descendant [[Nithish]]. | ||
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eh1 eh2 eh3 oh1 oh2 oh3 -> ē ē ō ā ā ō | eh1 eh2 eh3 oh1 oh2 oh3 -> ē ē ō ā ā ō | ||
The same is true of initial h2; for instance, ''elceþi'' from | The same is true of initial h2; for instance, ''elceþi'' from *h2el-k-eti "he walks". | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||