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'''Proto-East-Mirarian''' ('''PEM''') is the [[Wikipedia:Linguistic reconstruction|reconstructed]] [[ | '''Proto-East-Mirarian''' ('''PEM''') is the hypothetical [[Wikipedia:Linguistic reconstruction|reconstructed]] ancestor to the [[East-Mirarian language|East-Mirarian]] [[Wikipedia:Language family|language family]]. It is believed to have been spoken somewhere between 7000 to 4000 years ago (estimates vary). The precise location of their original homeland is not known, though most theories place it somewhere in the vicinity of the Sheisho mountains in western [[Juhashka]]. | ||
==Phonology== | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
The consonant system had a two-way contrast of stop consonants (fortis vs. lenis). | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 660px; text-align:center;" | |||
! rowspan="2" colspan="1" | | |||
! rowspan="2" | Bilabial | |||
! colspan="2" | Alveolar | |||
! rowspan="2" | Palatal | |||
! colspan="2" | Velar | |||
! rowspan="2" | Unknown | |||
|- style="font-size: x-small;" | |||
| central | |||
| lateral | |||
| plain | |||
| labial | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Nasal | |||
| m | |||
| n | |||
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| (ñ) | |||
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|- | |||
! style="" |Plosive and Affricate | |||
| p b | |||
| t d | |||
| (ć) | |||
| č (j) | |||
| k g | |||
| kʷ gʷ | |||
| q | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Fricative | |||
| | |||
| s z | |||
| ś | |||
| š | |||
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|- | |||
! style="" |Glide | |||
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| j | |||
| | |||
| w | |||
| x | |||
|- | |||
! style="" |Liquid | |||
| | |||
| r | |||
| l | |||
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|} | |||
[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Proto-Languages]][[Category:East-Mirarian]] | |||
Revision as of 02:46, 8 August 2018
Proto-East-Mirarian (PEM) is the hypothetical reconstructed ancestor to the East-Mirarian language family. It is believed to have been spoken somewhere between 7000 to 4000 years ago (estimates vary). The precise location of their original homeland is not known, though most theories place it somewhere in the vicinity of the Sheisho mountains in western Juhashka.
Phonology
Consonants
The consonant system had a two-way contrast of stop consonants (fortis vs. lenis).
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Unknown | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | labial | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | (ñ) | ||||
| Plosive and Affricate | p b | t d | (ć) | č (j) | k g | kʷ gʷ | q |
| Fricative | s z | ś | š | ||||
| Glide | j | w | x | ||||
| Liquid | r | l | |||||