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==PHONOLOGY==
==PHONOLOGY==
The reconstructed phoneme inventory of Proto-Phwaim is shown in the tables below:


===CONSONANTS===
===CONSONANTS===
 
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The reconstructed consonant phoneme inventory of Proto-Phwaim, with 37 consonants, is shown in the table below:
|+Proto-Phwaim Consonantal Phonemes
 
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!rowspan=2|Bilabial
!colspan=2|Alveolar
!rowspan=2|Palatal
!rowspan=2|Velar
!rowspan=2|Uvular
!rowspan=2|Glottal
|-
!<small>Central</small>
!<small>Lateral</small>
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! Nasals
! Nasals
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! Approximants
! Approximants
| / j w r rʲ l lʲ / || < y v r r' l l' >
| / j w r rʲ l lʲ / || < y v r r' l l' >
|-
|}
===VOWELS===
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|-
! Mid tone, short length
| / i˧ y˧ ɯ˧ u˧ e˧ ø˧ ɤ˧ o˧ æ˧ ɑ˧ / || < i ü ï u e ö ë o ä a >
|-
!Mid tone, long length
| / iː˧ yː˧ ɯː˧ uː˧ eː˧ øː˧ ɤː˧ oː˧ æː˧ ɑː˧ / || < ii üü ïï uu ee öö ëë oo ää aa >
|-
|-
! High tone, short length
| / i˦ y˦ ɯ˦ u˦ e˦ ø˦ ɤ˦ o˦ æ˦ ɑ˦ / || < í ű i̋ ú é ő e̋ ó a̋ á >
|-
!High tone, long length
| / iː˦ yː˦ ɯː˦ uː˦ eː˦ øː˦ ɤː˦ oː˦ æː˦ ɑː˦/ || < íí űű i̋i̋ úú éé őő e̋e̋ óó a̋a̋ áá >
|-
|-
!Low tone, short length
| / i˨ y˨ ɯ˨ u˨ e˨ ø˨ ɤ˨ o˨ æ˨ ɑ˨ / || < ì ȕ ȉ ù è ȍ ȅ ò ȁ à >
|-
!Low tone, long length
| / iː˨ yː˨ ɯː˨ uː˨ eː˨ øː˨ ɤː˨ oː˨ æː˨ ɑː˨ / || < ìì ȕȕ ȉȉ ùù èè ȍȍ ȅȅ òò ȁȁ àà >
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|-
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Proto-Phwaim is a fictional language by Polka Dot. Proto-Phwaim is the reconstructed ancestor of the Phim-Hwan languages, a family spoken for the most part in the central region of Ryusi. It is estimated to have been spoken around 10.000 HW.

PHONOLOGY

The reconstructed phoneme inventory of Proto-Phwaim is shown in the tables below:

CONSONANTS

Proto-Phwaim Consonantal Phonemes
  Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Central Lateral
Nasals / m n nʲ ŋ / < m n ń ŋ >
Stops / p pʰ b t tʰ d k kʰ g / < p ph b t th d k kh g >
Affricates / t͡sʲ t͡sʲʰ d͡zʲ t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ d͡ʒ / < ć ćh ǵ č čh ǧ >
Fricatives / ɬ ɬʲ ɮ s sʲ z ʃ ʃʲ ʒ χ χʲ ʁ / < ṣ ṣ' ẓ s s' z š š' ž x x' ḥ >
Approximants / j w r rʲ l lʲ / < y v r r' l l' >

Nouns

Proto-Phwaim had 13 cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, locative, ablative, instrumental, comitative, terminative, Illative, allative, equative, partitive), two systems of number (singular-dual–plural and collective–singulative) and two genders (human vs nonhuman). A noun stem can take up to 2 inflectional suffixes:

stem + (number) + (case)

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