Proto-Leic
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Proto-Leic is the last common ancestor of the Leic languages; described here as reconstructed by T1.
List of abbreviations:
- AT - Arósen tayīgan
- Ág - Áżädgä
- Der - Deraighaw
- End - Endayin
- Kp - Kopoıves
- LL - Ɫɑccekkɔmɔ lùk
- Pv - Pyvyy
- Hl - Hamoluan
- SÞ - Sanap Þoi
- Vj - Vijiš
- Vz - Viziš
- Wh - Wihəs
- PL - Proto-Leic
Reconstruction
Sound inventory
It has been suggested that the following consonants appeared in word-initial position in PL:
| consonants | labial | coronal | lateral | palatal | velar | labiovelar |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| voiceless plosives | p | t | c | k | kʷ | |
| prenasalised plosives | mb | nd | ñj | ŋg | ŋgʷ | |
| nasals | m | n | ñ | ŋ | ŋg | |
| voiceless fricatives | s | ł | ||||
| voiced fricatives/approximants | v | z | l |
Numerals
The following reconstructions have been proposed for the PL numerals:
- 1. *moxi / *moji
- 2. *lia / *ʎe
- 3. *paɲ / *paɲ
- 4. *mtaxi / *daji (*dwaji)
- 5. *ntomo / *domo
- 6. *ntaxe / *daʎe
- 7. *ntakʷaɲ / *dapaɲ (*dakwaɲ)
- 8. *(w)ala / *waidà
- 9. *(w)alomo / *waidòmo
- 10. *tiaṽe / *teime (*teive)
- 100. / *ʎiʎeɲ
Wihəs and Vijiš
The following pre-V-W consonant inventory has been proposed:
| consonants | labial | coronal | palatal(-alveolar) | velar | post-velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasals | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||
| voiceless plosives | p | t | c | k | ||
| voiced plosives | b | d | g | |||
| fricatives | v | ʃ, ʒ, ʝ | ʕ, h | |||
| approximants | l |