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==Proto-Talsmic phonology==
==Proto-Talsmic phonology==
The following is the Proto-Talsmic sound system as reconstructed by Nūrian Talsmicist Dàzīr pyr Chlī̀sa.


===Consonant inventory===
===Consonant inventory===
====Pyr Chlʰíse model====
The following is the Proto-Talsmic consonant system as conjectured by Nūrian Talsmicist Dazʰír pyr Chlʰíse. This model is now considered obsolete.
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! colspan="10"|Proto-Talsmic reconstructed consonants
! colspan="10"|Proto-Talsmic reconstructed consonants
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/qʰ/ may have been realized as an affricate, [qχ].
/qʰ/ may have been realized as an affricate, [qχ].
===Guànitzhùtł model==
Xamùz Guànitzhùtł revised the pyr Chlʰíse model, positing instead a more direct shift from ejectives to spirants (probably via affricates), noting the inconsistency of evidence for aspirated stops at any stage of Talsmic languages.
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! colspan="10"|Proto-Talsmic reconstructed consonants
|-
! colspan="2" |
!  |Labial
!  |Alveolar
!  |Lateral
!  |Palatal
!  |Velar
!  |Uvular
!  |Glottal
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
| *m
| *n
|
|
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="3" |Plosive
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| *p
| *t
| *ƛ
|
| *k
| *q
| *ʔ
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
| *b
| *d
| *λ
|
| *g
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| *ɸ
| *s, *θ
| *ł
|
| *x
| *χ
| *h
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
|
| *z
| *ḽ
|
|
|rowspan="2"| *ʁ
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Approximant
| *w
|
| *l
| *j
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Trill
|
| *r
|
|
|
|
|
|}


===Vocalic inventory===
===Vocalic inventory===
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