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The manner of articulation of the third set of stops is unknown. They are reflected as ejectives in Elbrusian, and merged with the voiced stops (except '''*b' ''', which merged with '''*w''') in Yamantauan. | The manner of articulation of the third set of stops is unknown. They are reflected as ejectives in Elbrusian, and merged with the voiced stops (except '''*b'''', which merged with '''*w''') in Yamantauan. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Revision as of 08:02, 29 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° | ||||
| Unknown | *b' | *d' | *j' | *g' | *g°' | ||||
| Fricatives | *s | *h | |||||||
| Nasals | *m | *n | |||||||
| Liquids | *l *r | ||||||||
| Semivowels | *y | *w | |||||||
The manner of articulation of the third set of stops is unknown. They are reflected as ejectives in Elbrusian, and merged with the voiced stops (except *b', which merged with *w) in Yamantauan.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | *i | *u | |
| Mid | |||
| Open | *a |
