Literature talk:Schleicher's fable
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Proto-Wakanic is the ancestor of Verapamil, Diltiazem and Wakanese. It's part of the "CW complex" spoken in eastern Cuadhlabh.
Phonology
Proto-Wakanic is reconstructed with the following sounds:
- 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 voiced stops *b (labial), *d (dental), *j́ (palatal), *g (velar) and *gʷ (labialized velar), which become the stops p, t, ty, c and qu respectively in Verapamil. In Diltiazem, these sounds surface as voiced stops, except for *j́ which becomes ĥ /x/.
- The nasals *m and *n, and the approximants *j, *l and *r, which are retained in Verapamil and Diltiazem.
- *w and *ŋ, which become v and w in Verapamil respectively (but /ŋ/ is retained before *k and *g in Verapamil)