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'''Proto-Haïdic''' is the reconstructed ancestor to the Haïdic language family.
'''Proto-Haïdic''' is the reconstructed ancestor to the Haïdic language family.
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Vowels===
{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:autmargin:auto;"
|+caption | Vowel phonemes
|-
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Front
! colspan="2" | Central
! colspan="2" | Back
|-
! <small>short</small>
! <small>long</small>
! <small>short</small>
! <small>long</small>
! <small>short</small>
! <small>long</small>
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Close
| *i
| *ī
|
|
| *u
| *ū
|- style="text-align:center;"
! Open
|
|
| *a
| *ā
|
|
|}
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:autmargin:auto;"
{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:autmargin:auto;"
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| *m
| *m
|
|
|
| *n
| *n
|
|
|
|  
|  
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== Verbs ==
== Verbs ==
{| class="wikitable"  style="margin:autmargin:auto;"
|+caption | Verb patterns
|-
! rowspan="2" | Stem
! colspan="3" | Verb
! rowspan="2" | Description
! rowspan="2" | Meaning
|-
! <small>''adnominal''</small>
! <small>''conclusive''</small>
! <small>''infinitive''</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | I
| ''*patah''
| ''*ʔaptah''
| ''*ʔaptuhu''
| The simple stem for [[w:Transitive verb|transitive]] and [[w:Intransitive verb|intransitive]] verbs.
| 'I strike'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | II
| ''*putah''
| ''*ʔuptah''
| ''*ʔupātuhu''
| ''*u''-mediopassive, used to form intransitive verbs from transitive Stem I verbs.
| 'we are stricken'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | III
| ''*itpatah''
| ''*ʔamitpatah''
| ''*ʔamitpatuhu''
| Simple stem with t-infix after first radical, indicating reciprocal or reflexive.
| 'we strike each other'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | IV
| ''*itputah''
| ''*ʔitputah''
| ''*ʔitputuhu''
| ''*u''-mediopassive with t-infix after first radical, indicating reflexive.
| 'I strike myself'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | V
| ''*pittah''
| ''*ʔapittah''
| ''*ʔapittuhu''
| Gemination of the second radical, indicating the intensive.
| 'I destroy'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | VI
| ''*puttah''
| ''*ʔuputtah''
| ''*ʔuputtuhu''
| ''*u''-mediopassive with gemination of the second radical, indicating the intensive passive.
| 'I am destroyed'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | VII
| ''*siptah''
| ''*ʔasiptah''
| ''*ʔasiptuhu''
| ''*s''-preformative, indicating the causative of intransitive Stem I verbs.
| 'I make them strike'
|}

Latest revision as of 21:52, 5 June 2020

Proto-Haïdic
Created byLimius
SettingAvrid
Native toFasser
EthnicityFasserman
Haïdic
  • Proto-Haïdic
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Proto-Haïdic is the reconstructed ancestor to the Haïdic language family.

Phonology

Vowels

Vowel phonemes
Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close *i *u
Open *a

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Labial Interdental Alveolar Palatal Velar Pharyn-
geal
Glottal
plain emphatic plain emphatic plain emphatic
Nasal *m *n
Plosive voiceless *p *t *t’ *k *k’
voiced *b *d *g
Fricative voiceless *θ’ *s *s’ *x *h
voiced *z
Lateral
fricative
voiceless *ɬ’
voiced
Approximate *y *w

Verbs