Proto-Zanahic

Introduction

Proto-Zanahic is the reconstructed ancestor of Zanahi and other Zanahic languages.

Phonology

Consonants

Reconstructed consonant phonemes of Proto-Zanahic

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/
Stop	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/		k /k/	’ /ʔ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/		g /ɡ/
	ejective	ṗ /pʼ/	ṭ /tʼ/		ḳ /kʼ/
Affricate	voiceless		s /ts/
	voiced		z /dz/
	ejective		ṣ /tsʼ/
Fricative			ś /s/	š /ɕ/		h /h/
Trill			r /r/
Approximant			l /l/	y /j/	w /w/

Vowels

Reconstrcuted vowel phonemes of Proto-Zanahic

	Short		Long
	Front	Back	Front	Back
Close	/i/	/u/	/iː/	/uː/
Mid	/ɛ/		/ɛː/
Open	/a/	/ɒ/	/aː/	/ɒː/

Reconstructed diphthongs are: /au, ai, ɛu, ɛi, ɒu, ɒi, aːu, aːi, ɛːu, ɛːi, ɒːu, ɒːi/.