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Reconstructed diphthongs are: {{IPA|/au, ai, ɛu, ɛi, ɒu, ɒi, aːu, aːi, ɛːu, ɛːi, ɒːu, ɒːi/}}.
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Reconstructed diphthongs of Proto-Zanahic
! rowspan="2"|
! colspan="2"| Short
! colspan="2"| Long
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! {{IPA|/i/}}
! {{IPA|/u/}}
! {{IPA|/i/}}
! {{IPA|/u/}}
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! {{IPA|/ɛ/}}
| ey {{IPA|/ɛi/}}
| ew {{IPA|/ɛu/}}
| ēy {{IPA|/ɛːi/}}
| ēw {{IPA|/ɛːu/}}
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! {{IPA|/a/}}
| ay {{IPA|/ai/}}
| aw {{IPA|/au/}}
| āy {{IPA|/aːi/}}
| āw {{IPA|/aːu/}}
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! {{IPA|/ɒ/}}
| oy {{IPA|/ɒi/}}
| ow {{IPA|/ɒu/}}
| ōy {{IPA|/ɒːi/}}
| ōw {{IPA|/ɒːu/}}
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Additionally, the following syllabic consonants are reconstructed: {{IPA|/m̩, n̩, r̩, l̩, m̩ː, n̩ː, r̩ː, l̩ː/}}.
Additionally, the following syllabic consonants are reconstructed: {{IPA|/m̩, n̩, r̩, l̩, m̩ː, n̩ː, r̩ː, l̩ː/}}.
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
|+Reconstructed syllabic consonants of Proto-Zanahic
! Corresponding consonant
! Short
! Long
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! {{IPA|/m/}}
| m̥ {{IPA|/m̩/}}
| m̥̄ {{IPA|/m̩ː/}}
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! {{IPA|/n/}}
| n̥ {{IPA|/n̩/}}
| n̥̄ {{IPA|/n̩ː/}}
|-
! {{IPA|/r/}}
| r̥ {{IPA|/r̩/}}
| r̥̄ {{IPA|/r̩ː/}}
|-
! {{IPA|/l/}}
| l̥ {{IPA|/l̩/}}
| l̥̄ {{IPA|/l̩ː/}}
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Note that *''i'' and *''u'' (and their long forms *''ī'' and *''ū'') are considered the syllabic counterparts of *''y'' and *''w'' respectively.
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