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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Proto-Wakanic is reconstructed with the following | Proto-Wakanic is reconstructed with the following consonants: | ||
* The voiceless stops *p (labial), *t (dental), *c (palatal), *k (velar) and *kʷ (labialized velar). The Verapamil reflexes of these sounds are the fricatives ''f'', ''s'', ''hy'', ''h'' and ''hw'' respectively. In Diltiazem, these sounds surface as voiceless aspirated stops, except for *c which becomes ''t̂'' /θ/. | * The voiceless stops *p (labial), *t (dental), *c (palatal), *k (velar) and *kʷ (labialized velar). The Verapamil reflexes of these sounds are the fricatives ''f'', ''s'', ''hy'', ''h'' and ''hw'' respectively. In Diltiazem, these sounds surface as voiceless aspirated stops, except for *c which becomes ''t̂'' /θ/. | ||
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* *ń, which becomes ''ny'' in Verapamil and ''z'' in Diltiazem. | * *ń, which becomes ''ny'' in Verapamil and ''z'' in Diltiazem. | ||
* *ź, which becomes ''zh'' in Verapamil and ''ŝ'' /ʃ/ in Diltiazem. | * *ź, which becomes ''zh'' in Verapamil and ''ŝ'' /ʃ/ in Diltiazem. | ||
Proto-Wakanic, like most modern Wakanic languages, had five vowels: *a, *e, *i, *o, *u; which can be short or long. Long vowels are written with a macron. | |||
There were also two diphthongs: *ai and *au. The Verapamil reflex of *au is ''ai'' and the Diltiazem reflex is ''aŭ'' /aw/. | |||