Proto-Tsimulh

Phonology

Consonants

• m n ŋǃ ɲ ŋ
• p t ǃ c k kʷ ʔ
• b d gǃ ɟ g gʷ
• bʰ dʰ gǃʰ ɟʰ gʰ gʷʰ
• f s ɧ x h
• v z ɧ̬ ɣ
• w l r j

Vowels

i ʉ u e ɵ o a iː ʉː uː eː ɵː oː aː iə ʉə uə

Vocabulary

• What should *humʔ bak > Whetmer 'Humpback' mean?
• summer: *piin
• causative/factitive: bə- (borrowed into Wiebian and Whetmer as be-)
• I: *guut
• you: *uuŋs
• 1: *can
• 2: *ʔajs
• 3: *ʔəphuut
• 4: *ɣa-ʔajs
• 5: *seŋs
• 6: *!xiit
• 7: *ðee
• 8: *hnuaʔ
• 9: *ŋiat
• 10: *sraat
• 100: jæŋʔ