Proto-Darimic language
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Proto-Darimic is the reconstructed proto-language for the Darimic branch of the Tiengic language family.
| Proto-Darimic | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Darimic languages |
| Region | Parshita |
| Era | 3000 BCE |
Reconstructed ancestor | |
Phonology
Consonants
Proto-Darimic is reconstructed as having extensive series of palatalized consonants, labialized consonants, and prenasalized consonants.
| Bilabial | Coronal | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| plain | pal. | lab. | plain | pal. | lab. | plain | lab. | ||||
| Nasal | *m | *mʲ | *mʷ | *n | *nʲ | *nʷ | *ɲ | *ŋ | *ŋʷ | ||
| Plosive | plain | *p | *pʲ | *pʷ | *t | *tʲ | *tʷ | *c | *kʲ | *kʷ | *ʔ |
| voiced | *b | *bʲ | *bʷ | *d | *dʲ | *dʷ | *ɟ | *ɡʲ | *ɡʷ | ||
| prenasalised | *ᵐb | *ᵐbʲ | *ᵐbʷ | *ⁿd | *ⁿdʲ | *ⁿdʷ | *ᶮɟ | *ᵑɡ | *ᵑɡʷ | ||
| Fricative | plain | *s | |||||||||
| voiced | *z | ||||||||||
| prenasalised | *ⁿz | ||||||||||
| Approximant | *l | *j | |||||||||
| Rhotic | *r | ||||||||||
Vowels
In contrast with Proto-Darimic's extensive consonant inventory, it is reconstructed as having a minimal vertical vowel system.
| Central | |
|---|---|
| High | ɨ |
| Mid | ə |
| Low | a |