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| familycolor = wasc
| familycolor = wasc
| ancestor    = one of Pollasena's primary language families
| ancestor    = one of Pollasena's primary language families
|era          = -4000 to -2400 MT
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! [[w:Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
! [[w:Affricate consonant|Affricate]]
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| || *c || *tl
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! [[w:fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! [[w:fricative consonant|Fricative]]
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*The realization of *n likely depended on following consonants, varying between [ŋ] before (labio)velar and glottal consonants and [n] before other consonants, and was possibly in free variation before vowels.
*The realization of *n likely depended on following consonants, varying between [ŋ] before (labio)velar and glottal consonants and [n] before other consonants, and was possibly in free variation before vowels.
*Based on allophones of *n and *e, in early Wascotl *' *h may have been velar or uvular.
*Based on allophones of *n and *e, in early Wascotl *' *h may have been uvular.
**[ç] was likely an allophone of *h before *i.
**[ç] was likely an allophone of *h before *i.
*Whether the consonants listed here as approximants (other than *r which was most likely a trill) were true approximants or voiced fricatives is uncertain.
*Whether the consonants listed here as approximants (other than *r which was most likely a trill) were true approximants or voiced fricatives is uncertain.
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