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==Phonology==
 
===Consonants===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Consonants
|-
! !! [[w:Labial consonant|Labial]] !! [[w:Dental consonant|Dental]] !! [[w:Postalveolar consonant|(Post-)]][[w:Alveolar consonant|Alveolar]] !! [[w:Palatal consonant|Palatal]] !! [[w:Velar consonant|Velar]]
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Nasal consonant|Nasal]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" | m <m>
|| || n <n> || ||
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Plosive consonant|Plosive]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" | p <p> b <b>
|| || t <t> d <t> ||  || k <k> kʷ <kw> g <g>
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Fricative consonant|Fricative]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" | ɸ <f> β <v>
|| θ <þ> ð <ð> || s <s> [z] || || x <h> ɣ <ɣ>
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Approximant consonant|Approximant]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" | w <w>
|| || || j <y> || w <w>
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Rhotic consonant|Rhotic]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" |
|| || r <r> || ||
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Lateral consonant|Lateral]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" |
|| || l <l> || ||
|}
 
===Vowels===
 
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|+ Vowels
|-
! !! [[w:Front vowel|Front]] !! [[w:Back vowel|Back]]
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Close vowel|Close]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" | i <i> i: <ī> i:: <î>
|| u <u> u: <ū> u:: <û>
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Close-mid vowel|Close-Mid]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" | e <e> e: <ē> e:: <ê>
|| o <o> o: <ō> o:: <ô>
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Near-open vowel|Near-open]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" | æ <æ> æ: <ǣ> æ:: <æ̂>
||
|-
! style="font-weight: bold;" | [[w:Open vowel|Open]]
! style="background: none; font-weight: normal;" |
|| ɑ <a> ɑ: <ā> ɑ:: <â>
|}
 
{| class="wikitable"
|+ Diphthongs
|-
!  !! -u̯ !! -i̯
|-
| ɑ- || ɑu̯ <au> ||
|-
| ɑ:- || ɑ:u̯ <āu> ||
|-
| u- ||  || ui̯ <ui>
|-
| u:- ||  || u:i̯ <ūi>
|-
| i- || iu̯ <iu> ||
|-
| i:- || i:u̯ <īu> ||
|}
 
== Grammar ==
 
=== Syntax ===
 
Proto-Vidic was an SOV language, meaning that the language operated by placing the Subject, then the Object, and lastly the verb.
 
The placement of noun modifiers around a noun is very strict and adheres to the following order:
# Preposition
# Demonstrative
# Possessive
# Genitive clause
# Numeral
# Adjective
# Noun
# Relative clause
 
Proto-Vidic, unlike its [[Proto-West-Vidic|western descendant]] uses SV-inversion for yes/no questions. Other types of questions are typically asked using interrogative pronouns (e.g. "what", "who").


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