Proto-Razaric
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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.
Sound correspondences
The sound correspondences between Proto-Kachian and Proto-Razaric are quite simple.
- "Emphatic" stops have merged with their voiceless counterparts. (Or did the latter become aspirated?)
- The front sibilants are preserved; mid sibilants become rhotics; back sibilants become laterals.
- PT *h becomes PR *3.
- The nasals, liquids and semivowels are unchanged, but post-consonantal *w disappears with changing the following vowels *a and *e into *o and *i into *u.
Morphology
(to be done)
Syntax
(to be done)
Vocabulary
(to be done)
