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However, though his work was flawed, it did set the precedent for the development of Proto-languages in Radael. For example, conventions such as marking reconstructed words with an asterisk(*) originates in Zeror's ''Glossology'', as well as even the entire concept of [[w:Comparative reconstruction|comparative reconstruction]] to find the original root of a word.
However, though his work was flawed, it did set the precedent for the development of Proto-languages in Radael. For example, conventions such as marking reconstructed words with an asterisk(*) originates in Zeror's ''Glossology'', as well as even the entire concept of [[w:Comparative reconstruction|comparative reconstruction]] to find the original root of a word.


For example, the word ''*udas'', meaning "sheep", was reconstructed from Ilda ''usda'' and Vulgar Maranz ''vodvadas''. The Téfir equivalent of the word is ''*fwejt̪u''.
For example, the word ''*vudas'', meaning "sheep", was reconstructed from Ilda ''usda'' and Vulgar Maranz ''vodvadas''. The Téfir equivalent of the word is ''*fwejt̪u''. Though seemingly a radically different word, some aspects that Zeror noticed were factored in, such as a fricative at the beginning and a plosive before the final vowel.
====Udas li Tasanqās====
====Udas li Tasanqās====
Here is the first sentence of [[Literature:Schleicher's fable|Schleicher's fable]] in Zeror's Proto-Yeldhic:<br>
Here is the first sentence of [[Literature:Schleicher's fable|Schleicher's fable]] in Zeror's Proto-Yeldhic:<br>
<blockquote>''Udas, *ediq astama ketwe, aboldois tasanqās, idi ta lo tisinois *ōbeqe badugat, idi ta lo *kuntasolois *doṉsa gotuik li idi ta lo *kuntasolois tumuei *kitil.''</blockquote>
<blockquote>''Vudas, *ediq astama ketwe, aboldois tasanqās, idi ta lo tisinois *ōbeqe badugat, idi ta lo *kuntasolois *doṉsa gotuik li idi ta lo *kuntasolois tumuei *kitil.''</blockquote>


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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