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Like in Proto-Indo-European, most Yeldhists believe that there were some sounds in Proto-Yeldhic that can not be directly attested from traditional comparative reconstruction. Currently, the only two sounds Yeldhists believe fall into this category are *ʕ, a voiced pharyngeal fricative, and *ʕʷ, its labialised counterpart. Some PY words use *ʕʷ, such as ''*ʕʷel'', probably meaning "good" or "kind". The evidence for the theory is as follows: | Like in Proto-Indo-European, most Yeldhists believe that there were some sounds in Proto-Yeldhic that can not be directly attested from traditional comparative reconstruction. Currently, the only two sounds Yeldhists believe fall into this category are *ʕ, a voiced pharyngeal fricative, and *ʕʷ, its labialised counterpart. Some PY words use *ʕʷ, such as ''*ʕʷel'', probably meaning "good" or "kind". The evidence for the theory is as follows: | ||
* In [[Etzeá]], the closest documented living relative to PY, the sounds /h/ and /w/ seem to be substitutes for sounds that originate in PY, which Yeldhists mostly believe probably corresponded to *ʕ and *ʕʷ. | * In [[Etzeá]], the closest documented living relative to PY, the sounds /h/ and /w/ seem to be substitutes for sounds that originate in PY, which Yeldhists mostly believe probably corresponded to *ʕ and *ʕʷ. | ||
* In the Ilda-Maranösic languages([[Ilda]] and [[Maranz]]), PY words with *ʕ and *ʕʷ seem to have palatalised to form *j and *jw, such as in Proto-Ilda-Maranösic(PIM) ''*jwel''(modern descendants are Ilda ''yuelas'' and Maranz ''jūell''), from PY ''*ʕʷel'', or PIM ''* | * In the Ilda-Maranösic languages([[Ilda]] and [[Maranz]]), PY words with *ʕ and *ʕʷ seem to have palatalised to form *j and *jw, such as in Proto-Ilda-Maranösic(PIM) ''*jwel''(modern descendants are Ilda ''yuelas'' and Maranz ''jūell''), from PY ''*ʕʷel'', or PIM ''*jwéitu''(modern descendants Ilda ''yuetos'' and Maranz ''juejot''), from PY ''*ʕʷejtu''. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||