Proto-Pulchric

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial		Coronal		Palatal	Dorsal		Laryngeal
		plain	phar.	plain	phar.		plain	phar.
Nasal		m /m/	M /mˁ/	n /n/	N /nˁ/		ng /ŋ/	NG /ɴ/
Stop	tenuis	p /p/	P /pˁ/	t /t/	T /tˁ/		k /k/	q /q/
	voiced	b /b/	B /bˁ/	d /d/	D /dˁ/		g /ɡ/	G /ɢ/
Fricative									h /h/
Trill/Tap				r /ɾ/	R /ɾˁ/
Approximant		w /w/		l /l/	L /lˁ/	y /j/

Every consonant except /w j h/ can occur geminated between vowels.

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	i: /iː/			u /u/	u: /uː/
Mid	e /e/	e: /eː/			o /o/	o: /oː/
Open			a /a/	a: /aː/

Diphthongs: /ai/ /au/ (written ai au respectively)

Phonotactics

Only CV syllables are allowed, except:

• a geminate consonant can begin a non-initial syllable (gemination is indicated in the orthography by doubling the consonant letter; geminate ng and NG are written nng and NNG respectively)
• CVC is allowed as the last syllable

Stress

Stress is almost always on the first long syllable, or if no syllable is long, the last syllable in the Rencadic dialect and the first syllable in the Luminese dialect.

Morphology

Proto-Pulchric has an extremely simple morphology, almost completely isolating.

Nouns

Baira "leaf"	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Baira	Baira emmi
Accusative	Baira ta	Baira emmi ta
Genitive	Baira i	Baira emmi i

Proto-Pulchric has other postpositions as well: mi (in), ro (with), po (like), ...

Verbs

ki:No- "to think"	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ki:Non	ki:Nome
Accusative	ki:Nod	ki:Note
Genitive	ki:Nob	ki:Nowa

Proto-Pulchric often uses verbal nouns, which use the suffix -a:t or -or depending on the verb.