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|align=center| p /p/ | |align=center| p /p/ | ||
|align=center| t /t/ | |align=center| t /t/ | ||
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|align=center| ? /ʔ/ | |align=center| ? /ʔ/ | ||
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|align=center| b /b/ | |align=center| b /b/ | ||
|align=center| d /d/ | |align=center| d /d/ | ||
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|align=center| ḡ /ɢ/ | |align=center| ḡ /ɢ/ | ||
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Revision as of 13:39, 20 October 2007
Archaic Imperial (AI) is the name given to the earliest attested ancestor of Modern Standard Imperial. The corpus of AI texts is fairly small: some runic carvings, and the Imperial Law Code of the Temple; the language has been reconstructed based on its daughter and sister languages with a fair degree of confidence.
Phonology
Consonants
| POA | Labials | Dentals | Emphatics | Velars | Uvulars | Glottals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless stops | p /p/ | t /t/ | ṭ /tˤ/ | k /k/ | q /q/ | ? /ʔ/ |
| Voiced stops | b /b/ | d /d/ | ḍ /dˤ/ | g /g/ | ḡ /ɢ/ | |
| Fricatives | f /f/ | s /s/ | ç /ç/ | x /x/ | ẋ /χ/ | h /h/ |
| Nasals | m /m/ | n /n/ | ||||
| Liquids | l /l/, r /r/ | |||||
| Glides | y /j/ | w /w/ |
Vowels
- Short: /i a u/ i a u
- Long: /iː aː uː/ ī ā ū
- Diphthong: /ai au/ ai au
