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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Togarmite has 24 consonants, 22 of them inherited from Proto-Semitic. It gained /p=/ during the Old Togarmite stage by adapting loans from Greek, Aramaic and Persian, e.g. ''barkes'' 'to act', from Ancient Greek ''praxis''. It also merged Old Togarmite ''ħ'' /ħ/ and ''h'' /h/ into ''h'' /h/, OTog ''č'' /tʃ/, ''j | Togarmite has 24 consonants, 22 of them inherited from Proto-Semitic. It gained /p=/ during the Old Togarmite stage by adapting loans from Greek, Aramaic and Persian, e.g. ''barkes'' 'to act', from Ancient Greek ''praxis''. It also merged Old Togarmite ''ħ'' /ħ/ and ''h'' /h/ into ''h'' /h/, OTog ''č'' /tʃ/, and ''j'' into ''č''. | ||
*'''m n''' /m n/ | *'''m n''' /m n/ (PSem *m *n) | ||
*'''b d g ' ''' /p= t= k= ʔ/ | *'''b d g ' ''' /p= t= k= ʔ/ ((not in PSem) *T *q *2) | ||
*'''t k''' /th kh/ | *'''t k''' /th kh/ (*t *k) | ||
*'''v ð γ''' /v ð γ/ | *'''v ð γ''' /v ð γ/ (*b *d *g) | ||
*'''f s š h''' /f s ʃ h/ | *'''f s š h''' /f s ʃ h/ (*p *s/*š *þ/*ś *h/*H/*x) | ||
*'''z ž ȝ''' /z ʒ (Philly L)/ | *'''z ž ȝ''' /z ʒ (Philly L)/ (*z *ð/*D/*Z *3/*ğ) | ||
*'''c č''' /ts= tʃ=/ | *'''c č''' /ts= tʃ=/ (*S *D/*Z) | ||
*'''w l r j''' /w l r j/ | *'''w l r j''' /w l r j/ (*w *l *r *w-/*j) | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||