Bentovian

Proto-Wiobic is the common ancestor of Tsjoen and Wiobian, as well as other Wiobic languages.

Todo

• nsaati = tree
  • Tsjoen zaet /zɛt/, Wiobian Nßäht /ⁿzɛːt/
• Tsj. seots '1' < suc?

Phonology

Consonants

Virtually identical to Wiobian

		Labial	Alveolar	Medial	Velar	Lab.vel.
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/	ň /ɲ/	ng /ŋ/
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/	ť /c/	k /k/	kw /kʷ/
	prenasalized	mp /ᵐb/	nt /ⁿd/	ňť /ᶮɟ/	nk /ᵑg/	nkw /ᵑgʷ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/	ď /ɟ/	g /g/
Fricative	plain	f /f/	s /s/ þ /θ/	š /ç/	h /x/	hw /ʍ/
	prenasalized	mf /ᵐv/	ns /ⁿz/
Liquid			r /r/; l /l/	ř /ɹ/
Approximant				j /j/		w /w/

Vowels

Fewer vowels than modern Wiobian or Tsjoen; vowel length was contrastive, as in Proto-Germanic.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i ii		u uu
Mid	e ee		o oo
Open		a aa

There were also six diphthongs, ai au ia ua eu iu.

Phonotactics

The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C). In addition, clusters of two consonants are allowed word-finally.

There are virtually no restrictions on consonant clusters, except:

• An obstruent may not follow a nasal.

Proto-Wiobic to Tsjoen

• prenasalized stops → voiced stops; -mp -nt ... > -mb -nd ... word finally
  • similarly, mf ns > v z
• þ > t
• ť ď > ts z
• ň > j
• ř > zj for sure
• š > sj?
• Initial ng- > 0-

get both broad-slender and umlaut like I did with Varquun > Tsjoen

Proto-Wiobic to Wiobian

Umlaut and syncope (flesh out), mostly