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Proto-Wakanic is reconstructed with the following consonants: | Proto-Wakanic is reconstructed with the following consonants: | ||
* The voiceless stops *p (labial), *t (dental), *c (palatal), *k (velar) and *kʷ (labialized velar). The Verapamil reflexes of these sounds are the fricatives ''f'', ''s'', ''hy'', ''h'' and ''hw'' respectively. In Diltiazem, these sounds surface as voiceless aspirated stops, except for *c which becomes '' | * The voiceless stops *p (labial), *t (dental), *c (palatal), *k (velar) and *kʷ (labialized velar). The Verapamil reflexes of these sounds are the fricatives ''f'', ''s'', ''hy'', ''h'' and ''hw'' respectively. In Diltiazem, these sounds surface as voiceless aspirated stops, except for *c which becomes ''th'' /θ/. | ||
* The voiced stops *b (labial), *d (dental), *j́ (palatal), *g (velar) and *gʷ (labialized velar), which become the stops ''p'', ''t'', ''ty'', ''c'' and ''qu'' respectively in Verapamil. In Diltiazem, these sounds surface as voiced stops, except for *j́ which becomes '' | * The voiced stops *b (labial), *d (dental), *j́ (palatal), *g (velar) and *gʷ (labialized velar), which become the stops ''p'', ''t'', ''ty'', ''c'' and ''qu'' respectively in Verapamil. In Diltiazem, these sounds surface as voiced stops, except for *j́ which becomes ''kh'' /x/. | ||
* The nasals *m and *n, and the approximants *j, *l and *r, which are retained in Verapamil and Diltiazem, except for *j which becomes ''s'' in Diltiazem. | * The nasals *m and *n, and the approximants *j, *l and *r, which are retained in Verapamil and Diltiazem, except for *j which becomes ''s'' in Diltiazem. | ||
* *w and *ŋ, which become ''v'' and ''w'' in Verapamil respectively (but /ŋ/ is retained before *k and *g in Verapamil) | * *w and *ŋ, which become ''v'' and ''w'' in Verapamil respectively (but /ŋ/ is retained before *k and *g in Verapamil) | ||
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* *ń, which becomes ''ny'' in Verapamil and ''z'' in Diltiazem. | * *ń, which becomes ''ny'' in Verapamil and ''z'' in Diltiazem. | ||
* *ź, which becomes ''zh'' in Verapamil and '' | * *ź, which becomes ''zh'' in Verapamil and ''sh'' /ʃ/ in Diltiazem. | ||
Proto-Wakanic, like most modern Wakanic languages, had five vowels: *a, *e, *i, *o, *u; which can be short or long. Long vowels are written with a macron. | Proto-Wakanic, like most modern Wakanic languages, had five vowels: *a, *e, *i, *o, *u; which can be short or long. Long vowels are written with a macron. | ||