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The precise realization of the "emphatic" stops is uncertain; they may have been ejective or pharyngealized. The labial emphatic stops seems to have been missing. | |||
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Revision as of 06:53, 16 September 2019
Proto-Elbrus-Yamantau is the reconstructed common ancestor of the two Elbrus-Yamantau languages.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plain | Labialized | Plain | Labialized | ||||||
| Stops | Voiceless | *p | *t | *c | *k | *k° | *q | *q° | |
| Voiced | *b | *d | *j | *g | *g° | ||||
| Emphatic | *t' | *c' | *k' | *k°' | |||||
| Fricatives | *s | *h | |||||||
| Nasals | *m | *n | |||||||
| Liquids | *l *r | ||||||||
| Semivowels | *y | *w | |||||||
The precise realization of the "emphatic" stops is uncertain; they may have been ejective or pharyngealized. The labial emphatic stops seems to have been missing.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | *i | *u | |
| Mid | |||
| Open | *a |
