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<blockquote>''This is a protoconlang, not to be confused with the hypothetical, '''re'''constructed [[Proto-Altaic]]. Cf. [[Earth']].''</blockquote>
Approx -5ka.
Approx -5ka.


{| <!--Dammit is there no formatting available 'round here?-->
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! rowspan="2" | Labial
! rowspan="2" | Labial
! rowspan="2" | Dental /<br/> alveolar
! rowspan="2" | Dental /<br/> alveolar
! rowspan="2" | Retro-<br/>flex
! rowspan="2" | Post-<br/>alveolar
! rowspan="2" | Post-<br/>alveolar
! colspan="2" | Velar
! colspan="2" | Velar
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!<small>Plain</small>
!<small>Plain</small>
!<small>Labialized</small>
!<small>Labialized</small>
|-
|- align="center"
! Voiceless stops
! Voiceless stops
| align="center" | p
| p
| align="center" | t
| t
| align="center" | ʈ ||
| ʈ
| align="center" | k
| k
| align="center" | kʷ
| kʷ
| align="center" | q
| q
| align="center" | qʷ
|
|-
|- align="center"
! Voiced stop
! Voiced stop
| align="center" | b
| b
|-
|- align="center"
! Fricativs
! Fricativs
| align="center" | f
| f
| align="center" | s
| s
| align="center" | ʂ
| ʂ ~ ʃ
| align="center" | ʃ
|- align="center"
|-
! Nasals
! Nasals
| align="center" | m
| m
| align="center" | n
| n
|-
|-
! Approximants
! Approximants
|
|
| align="center" | l
| align="center" | l
| align="center" | ɽ  
| align="center" | ɽ
| align="right" | j ||
| align="left" | j
| align="center" | w
| align="center" | w
|-
|-
|}
|}
[ʃ] occurs before front vowels, [ʂ] elsewhere.


CV(N), maybe other codas too?
CV(N), maybe other codas too?


/NN Nf Nl/ do not occur. /ʈ/ does not occur initially.
/NN Nf Nl/ do not occur. /ʈ/ does not occur initially and has been argued to have rather been /d ~ ɖ/.


Vowels ?
Vowels come in a set of nine: /i ɪ e ɛ a ɔ o ʊ u/ plus the semi-difthongs /ej aj aw ow/ (/ɛj ɔj/ have also been proposed by these are much less secure). Some reconstructible alternations between the "lax" /ɪ ɛ ɔ ʊ/ and "tense" /i e o u/ occur, for the mid vowels in several cases conditioned by the presence of a following /a/.


Splits to [[Proto-West Altaic']] and [[Proto-East Altaic']] around -4.5ka.
Splits to [[Proto-West Altaic']] and [[Proto-East Altaic']] around -4.5ka.
[[Category:Earth']]

Latest revision as of 10:22, 27 October 2010

This is a protoconlang, not to be confused with the hypothetical, reconstructed Proto-Altaic. Cf. Earth'.

Approx -5ka.

Labial Dental /
alveolar
Post-
alveolar
Velar Uvular
Plain Labialized Plain Labialized
Voiceless stops p t ʈ k q
Voiced stop b
Fricativs f s ʂ ~ ʃ
Nasals m n
Approximants l ɽ j w

[ʃ] occurs before front vowels, [ʂ] elsewhere.

CV(N), maybe other codas too?

/NN Nf Nl/ do not occur. /ʈ/ does not occur initially and has been argued to have rather been /d ~ ɖ/.

Vowels come in a set of nine: /i ɪ e ɛ a ɔ o ʊ u/ plus the semi-difthongs /ej aj aw ow/ (/ɛj ɔj/ have also been proposed by these are much less secure). Some reconstructible alternations between the "lax" /ɪ ɛ ɔ ʊ/ and "tense" /i e o u/ occur, for the mid vowels in several cases conditioned by the presence of a following /a/.

Splits to Proto-West Altaic' and Proto-East Altaic' around -4.5ka.