Proto-Zanahic

Introduction

Proto-Zanahic is the reconstructed ancestor of Zanahi and other Zanahic languages.

Phonology

Consonants

Reconstructed consonant phonemes of Proto-Zanahic

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/
Stop	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/		k /k/	’ /ʔ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/		g /ɡ/
	ejective	ṗ /pʼ/	ṭ /tʼ/		ḳ /kʼ/
Affricate	voiceless		s /ts/
	voiced		z /dz/
	ejective		ṣ /tsʼ/
Fricative			ś /s/	š /ɕ/		h /h/
Trill			r /r/
Approximant			l /l/	y /j/	w /w/

Vowels

Reconstructed vowel phonemes of Proto-Zanahic

	Short		Long
	Front	Back	Front	Back
Close	i /i/	u /u/	ī /iː/	ū /uː/
Mid	e /ɛ/		ē /ɛː/
Open	a /a/	o /ɒ/	ā /aː/	ō /ɒː/

Reconstructed diphthongs are: /au, ai, ɛu, ɛi, ɒu, ɒi, aːu, aːi, ɛːu, ɛːi, ɒːu, ɒːi/.

Additionally, the following syllabic consonants are reconstructed: /m̩, n̩, r̩, l̩, m̩ː, n̩ː, r̩ː, l̩ː/.