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The consonant inventory was different from Proto-Oronaic, generally being larger in Proto-Carpathian. Like modern Alpian languages it had a voiced-voiceless contrast as well as a plain-geminated one. [[w:Consonant gradation|Consonant gradation]] applied to most of these consonants. [[w:Palatalization|Palatalization]] was present in Proto-Carpathian and mostly resulted from consonant clusters with /j/, but some are of a Proto-Oronaic origin. | The consonant inventory was different from Proto-Oronaic, generally being larger in Proto-Carpathian. Like modern Alpian languages it had a voiced-voiceless contrast as well as a plain-geminated one. [[w:Consonant gradation|Consonant gradation]] applied to most of these consonants. [[w:Palatalization|Palatalization]] was present in Proto-Carpathian and mostly resulted from consonant clusters with /j/, but some are of a Proto-Oronaic origin. | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" | ||
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! colspan=2| Lateral | ! colspan=2| Lateral | ||
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| l | | l | ||
| ľ /lʲ ~ ʎ/ | | ľ /lʲ ~ ʎ/ | ||
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! colspan=2| Trill | ! colspan=2| Trill | ||
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| r | | r | ||
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! colspan=2| Approximant | ! colspan=2| Approximant | ||
| w | | (w) | ||
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| j | | j | ||
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Though being present in early South Carpathian, voiced affricates probably have not yet appeared and thus plain voiceless affricates *c, *ć and *č did not contrast with anything, being already a weak grade of their geminated counterparts. | Though being present in early South Carpathian, voiced affricates probably have not yet appeared and thus plain voiceless affricates *c, *ć and *č did not contrast with anything, being already a weak grade of their geminated counterparts. Also *w was not a separate phoneme, but rather an allophone of *b word-initially. | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||