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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
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{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! style="width: 68px; "|
! colspan="2" style="width: 60px; "|
! style="width: 68px; " |Bilabial
! style="width: 60px; " |Labial
! style="width: 68px; " |Labio-dental
! style="width: 60px; " |Alveolo-dental
! style="width: 68px; " |Alveolo-dental
! style="width: 60px; " |Palatal
! style="width: 68px; " |Palatal
! style="width: 60px; " |Velar
! style="width: 68px; " |Velar
! style="width: 60px; " |Glottal
! style="width: 68px; " |Glottal
|-
|-
! style="" |Nasal
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
| m
| *m
| *n
|  
|  
| n
|  
|  
|  
|  
|-
! rowspan="3" style="" |Plosive
! <small>voiceless</small>
| *p
| *t
|  
|  
| *k
| *q
|-
! <small>voiced</small>
| *b
| *d
|
| *ɡ
|
|-
|-
! style="" |Plosive
! <small>glottalic</small>
| p b ƀ
| *ƀ
|  
| *đ
| t d đ
|
|  
|
| k g
|
| q
|-
|-
! style="" |Fricative
! colspan="2" style="" |Fricative
|
| f
| f
|  
|  
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|  
|  
|-
|-
! style="" |Affricate
! colspan="2" style="" |Affricate
|
|  
|  
| [ts dz]
| [ts dz]
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|  
|  
|-
|-
! style="" |Approximant
! colspan="2" style="" |Approximant
| w
| *w
|
|  
|  
| y
| *y
| g
| *g
|  
|  
|}
|}

Revision as of 12:19, 15 May 2023

Proto-Gulai
Reconstruction ofGulai languages
RegionNagu

Proto-Gulai is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Gulai languages.

Background

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolo-dental Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal *m *n
Plosive voiceless *p *t *k *q
voiced *b *d
glottalic
Fricative f
Affricate [ts dz]
Approximant *w *y *g

The value of the symbols transcribed *q y g ƀ đ are traditionally believed to be /ʔ j ɰ ɓ ɗ/.

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i u
Mid [e] o
Open a