Proto-Gulai language
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| Proto-Gulai | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Gulai languages |
| Region | Nagu |
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 | *ɡ | |||
| glottalic | *ƀ | *đ | ||||
| Fricative | f | |||||
| Affricate | [ts dz] | |||||
| Approximant | *w | *y | *ġ | |||
The value of the symbols transcribed *q y ġ ƀ đ are traditionally believed to be /ʔ j ɰ ɓ ɗ/.
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Mid | [e] | o | |
| Open | a |
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