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The maximal syllable structure is CVC. Affricates may occur in codas, but all consonants may occur in onsets. | The maximal syllable structure is CVC. Affricates may not occur in codas, but all consonants may occur in onsets. | ||
===Accent=== | ===Accent=== | ||
Revision as of 11:57, 25 October 2013
Proto-Razaric is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Razaric languages. It is estimated to have been spoken around 4000 BC.
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sibilant | Flat | Lateral | |||||
| Nasals | *m | *n | *ng | ||||
| Voiceless stops | *p | *t | *k | ||||
| Voiced stops | *b | *d | *g | ||||
| Voiceless affricates | *ts | *tr | *tl | ||||
| Voiced affricates | *dz | *dr | *dl | ||||
| Voiceles continuants | *s | *rh | *lh | ||||
| Voiced continuants | *w | *z | *r | *l | *j | *3 | |
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | *i | *u | |
| Mid | *e | *o | |
| Low | *a |
Syllable structure
The maximal syllable structure is CVC. Affricates may not occur in codas, but all consonants may occur in onsets.
Accent
The accent falls on the first syllable of the word.
Morphology
Proto-Razaric is an agglutinating language with both prefixes and suffixes.
Root structure
A Proto-Razaric root has the shape CVC or CVCVC; in the latter case, both vowels are the same.
