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==Overview==
==Overview==
Proto-Quihum (PQ) is the ancestor of all Quihum languages. It is inspired by Salish languages.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! rowspan="3" |Plosive
! |<small>plain</small>
! |<small>plain</small>
| '''*p'''
| '''*p'''
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| '''*qʷ'''
| '''*qʷ'''
| '''*ʔ'''
| '''*ʔ'''
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! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''*b'''
| '''*d'''
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| '''*g'''
| '''*gʷ'''
| '''*ɢ'''
| '''*ɢʷ'''
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! |<small>ejective</small>
! |<small>ejective</small>
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| '''*h'''
| '''*h'''
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! rowspan="2" colspan="1" |Affricate
! rowspan="3" colspan="1" |Affricate
! |<small>plain</small>
! |<small>plain</small>
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| '''*c''' /ts/
| '''*c''' /ts/
| '''*ƛ''' /tɬ/
| '''*ƛ''' /tɬ/
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! |<small>voiced</small>
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| '''*z''' /dz/
| '''*λ''' /dɮ/
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===Suprasegmentals===
===Suprasegmentals===
PQ had phonemic tone.
No phonemic pitch, tone or stress existed in PQ.


===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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Object markers:
Object markers:
*1sg: n-
*1sg: n-
*2sg: y'-
*2sg: l'-
*3 (animate): b-
*3 (animate): b-
*3 (neuter): k-
*3 (neuter): k-
*1pl.ex: xvm-
*1pl.ex: m-
*1pl.in: qw-
*1pl.in: d-
*2pl: c'-
*2pl: c'-


===Derivational morphology===
===Derivational morphology===
*{{angbr|''l''}} - ???
*{{angbr|''r''}} - ???


==Some etymologies==
==Some etymologies==
*1: *x̌əmʼ-; *kʷí-x̌əmʼ- 'only one'
*1: *x̌əmʼ-; *kʷi-x̌əmʼ- 'only one'
*2: *tił-x̌úlʼ
*2: *tił-x̌ulʼ
*3: *nayʼkə́
*3: *nazg-
*4: *ƛawpə́
*4: *λawpʼ-
*5: *cálił
*5: *calił
*6: *stá-x̌əmʼ- 'one more'; *qʷ’əl’
*6: *sta-x̌əm-ʼ 'one more'; *qʷ’əl’
*7: *lʼəxʷt
*7: *nʼəxʷd
*8: *lx̌ənʼtá
*8: *lx̌ʷzitʼ
*9: *pálʼwə
*9: *pʼagʷz
*10: *q’əy-x̌úlʼ
*10: *q’əyʼ-x̌ur
*step/level: *nəycʼ ('12' in Talsmic)
*step/level: *naycʼ ('20' in Talsmic)
*stone: *ƛʼecqʷ
*stone: *ƛʼecqʷ
*water: *yənqʷʼ
*water: *yənqʷʼ
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