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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. | ||
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!<small>Plain</small> | !<small>Plain</small> | ||
!<small>Labialized</small> | !<small>Labialized</small> | ||
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! Voiceless stops | ! Voiceless stops | ||
| p | |||
| t | |||
| ʈ | |||
| k | |||
| kʷ | |||
| | | q | ||
| align="center" | | qʷ | ||
|- align="center" | |||
! Voiced stop | ! Voiced stop | ||
| align="center" | | b | ||
|- align="center" | |||
! Fricativs | ! Fricativs | ||
| f | |||
| s | |||
| ʂ ~ ʃ | |||
|- | |- align="center" | ||
! Nasals | ! Nasals | ||
| m | |||
| n | |||
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! Approximants | ! Approximants | ||
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/NN Nf Nl/ do not occur. /ʈ/ does not occur initially and has been argued to have rather been /d ~ ɖ/. | /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 09:22, 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 | kʷ | q | qʷ |
| 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.
