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#The mid vowels ''e o'' rotated to '''i ə'''. | #The mid vowels ''e o'' rotated to '''i ə'''. | ||
#The high vowel ''i'' shifted to '''ə''' if touching a /q/ in either direction. | #The high vowel ''i'' shifted to '''ə''' if touching a /q/ in either direction. | ||
#Primordial ''f'' shifted to '''p''' . | #Primordial ''f'' shifted to '''p''' . | ||
#Primordial '' w'' shifted to ''' v'''. | #Primordial ''hʷ w'' shifted to '''f v'''. | ||
Thus the consonant inventory was | Thus the consonant inventory was | ||
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PLAIN LABIALIZED | PLAIN LABIALIZED | ||
Bilabials: p b m | Bilabials: p b m f v pʷ bʷ mʷ | ||
Alveolars: t d n s l tʷ dʷ nʷ | Alveolars: t d n s l tʷ dʷ nʷ | ||
Postalveolars: č ǯ ň š ł | Postalveolars: č ǯ ň š ł | ||
Revision as of 11:43, 17 October 2018
Proto-Subumpamese (???) to Proto-Kava (1900)
- The schwas ə ə̄ shifted to u ū.
- The mid vowels e o rotated to i ə.
- The high vowel i shifted to ə if touching a /q/ in either direction.
- Primordial f shifted to p .
- Primordial hʷ w shifted to f v.
Thus the consonant inventory was
PLAIN LABIALIZED
Bilabials: p b m f v pʷ bʷ mʷ Alveolars: t d n s l tʷ dʷ nʷ Postalveolars: č ǯ ň š ł Palatals: ć ń y Prevelars: c̀ ǹ Velars: k ġ ŋ x g kʷ ġʷ ŋʷ xʷ Postvelars: q h qʷ
There may have also been a /gʷ/, likely shifting to [w] as /w/ shifted to /v/.
