Proto-Shaelic language
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| Proto-Shaelic | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Shaelic languages |
| Region | Tlukerian Islands |
| Era | ca. 2000 BCE |
| Lower-order reconstructions | |
Proto-Shaelic is the reconstructed proto-language of the Shaelic languages, probably spoken around 3000 to 4000 years ago in the Tlukerian Islands of present-day Juhashka.
Phonology
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | plain | labial | plain | labial | ||||
| Nasal | *m | *n | *nʲ | *ŋ | |||||
| Plosive | *t | *c | *k | *kʷ | *q | (*qʷ?) | *ʔ | ||
| Affricate | *tɬ | ||||||||
| Fricative | *s | *ɬ | *sʲ | *ɣ | *H | ||||
| Approximant | *r | *j | *w | ||||||
Vowels
| Front | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| full | reduced | reduced | full | |
| High | *i: | *u: | ||
| Mid | *ə | *ʊ | ||
| Low | *e: | *a | *a: | |