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* resonants: ''m n N ŋ l r L w y''
* resonants: ''m n N ŋ l r L w y''


The exact realizations of ''S L N'' are not fully known in universe; the linguist Cimaterol Pradaxa reconstructed them as retroflexes, which is consistent with the Proto-Pulchric reflexes but data from Crockartoot, discovered much later, hints that these could have been palatal instead. This theory is also borne by phonotactics -- ''s l n'' do not turn into ''S L N'' before retroflex consonants, as in ''malṭə'' (presumably /maɭʈə/) "bone".
The exact realizations of ''S L N'' are not fully known in universe; the linguist Cimaterol Pradaxa reconstructed them as retroflexes, which is consistent with the Proto-Pulchric reflexes but data from Crockartoot, discovered much later, hints that these could have been palatal instead. This theory is also borne by phonotactics -- ''s l n'' do not turn into ''S L N'' before retroflex consonants, as in ''malṭə'' (presumably /maɭʈə/) "bone", and the absence of an *R corresponding to *r, even though clusters of *r and retroflexes exist.


Vowel hiatus in Proto-Pulchric is generally rare, showing up in the directional trigger suffix ''-ao'', but consonant clusters are extremely common, as in ''pelstrə'' (bear), ''temblipsas'' (mushroom), and ''mirnutə'' (rod).
Vowel hiatus in Proto-Pulchric is generally rare, showing up in the directional trigger suffix ''-ao'', but consonant clusters are extremely common, as in ''pelstrə'' (bear), ''temblipsas'' (mushroom), and ''mirṇutə'' (rod).

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Proto-Pulchric is one of the major proto-languages of Tricin and also one of the best reconstructed. Its main inspirations are Proto-Austronesian and PIE.

Phonology

Proto-Pulchric has six vowels: a e i o u ə, and the following consonants:

  • stops: p t ṭ k q b d ḍ g
  • fricatives: f v s z S h
  • resonants: m n N ŋ l r L w y

The exact realizations of S L N are not fully known in universe; the linguist Cimaterol Pradaxa reconstructed them as retroflexes, which is consistent with the Proto-Pulchric reflexes but data from Crockartoot, discovered much later, hints that these could have been palatal instead. This theory is also borne by phonotactics -- s l n do not turn into S L N before retroflex consonants, as in malṭə (presumably /maɭʈə/) "bone", and the absence of an *R corresponding to *r, even though clusters of *r and retroflexes exist.

Vowel hiatus in Proto-Pulchric is generally rare, showing up in the directional trigger suffix -ao, but consonant clusters are extremely common, as in pelstrə (bear), temblipsas (mushroom), and mirṇutə (rod).