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'''Proto-Termic''' is the [[Wikipedia:Linguistic reconstruction|reconstructed]] [[Ngerupic languages|Ngerupic language]] that was the last common ancestor of all Termic varieties, including its immediate descendant [[Old Terminian]] and other daughter [[Termic languages]], including Modern [[Terminian language|Terminian]], [[Amerhani language|Amerhani]], [[Baridus language|Baridus]] and [[Utoyyi language|Utoyyi]]. While Ngerupic speakers are believed to have first migrated to the Terminian archipelago as early as 1800 BCE, Proto-Termic is believed a relatively late development that subsequently spread across early Terminia from around 1000 BCE onwards. | '''Proto-Termic''' is the [[Wikipedia:Linguistic reconstruction|reconstructed]] [[Ngerupic languages|Ngerupic language]] that was the last common ancestor of all Termic varieties, including its immediate descendant [[Old Terminian]] and other daughter [[Termic languages]], including Modern [[Terminian language|Terminian]], [[Amerhani language|Amerhani]], [[Baridus language|Baridus]] and [[Utoyyi language|Utoyyi]]. While Ngerupic speakers are believed to have first migrated to the Terminian archipelago as early as 1800 BCE, Proto-Termic is believed a relatively late development that subsequently spread across early Terminia from around 1000 BCE onwards. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== |
Latest revision as of 18:57, 29 May 2024
Proto-Termic | |
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Reconstruction of | Termic languages |
Region | Terminian Isles |
Era | ca. 1000-400 BCE |
Reconstructed ancestor | Wa Ñi
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Proto-Termic is the reconstructed Ngerupic language that was the last common ancestor of all Termic varieties, including its immediate descendant Old Terminian and other daughter Termic languages, including Modern Terminian, Amerhani, Baridus and Utoyyi. While Ngerupic speakers are believed to have first migrated to the Terminian archipelago as early as 1800 BCE, Proto-Termic is believed a relatively late development that subsequently spread across early Terminia from around 1000 BCE onwards.
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Laryngeal | ||||||||
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Plosive | *m | *N | *n | *ñ | ||||||||||
Plosive | *b | *t | *d | *k | *ɡ | *ɡʷ | *q | *ɢ | ||||||
Fricative | *ɸ | *ɬ | *ʐ | *ħ | *ʕ | |||||||||
Approximant | *L | *l | *j | *w | ||||||||||
Trill | *R | *r |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | ||||||
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Unrounded | Rounded | |||||||
High | *i | *ī | *y | *ȳ | *u | *ū | ||
Mid | *e | *ē | *ø | *ø̄ | *ə | *o | *ō | |
Low | *a | *ā |