Proto-Levantine

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Proto-Levantine
PLV
Created byDiego Martínez
Reconstruction ofLevantine languages
RegionNorthern Anatolia
Era3000 B.C.-1600 B.C.
Reconstructed
ancestor

Proto-Levantine is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Levantine languages, spoken in modern day Israel, Lebanon and Egypt.

Introduction

Phonology

Proto-Levantine was never written down, there's no special convention apart from using macrons to denote long vowels, so IPA is mostly always used

Consonants

Proto-Dynic consonant phonemes
Labial Coronal Palatal Velar Glotal
plain labial
Nasal *m *n
Stop *p, *b *t, *d *k, *g *kʷ, *gʷ
Affricates *t͡s, *d͡z,
Fricative *s, *θ *x, *ɣ (h) [1]
Liquids *r *l *j *w

^1 /h/ was probably not allophonic anymore at this point due to Hittite loanwords

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources