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Vowels were /a i u ə/. | Vowels were /a i u ə/. | ||
The syllable structure is CVC, with final consonants restricted to /t n l r č k ġ ŋ/; the "g" was probably [ɣ] in this position and might have actually arisen from earlier /h/ or from the fricatives that themselves led to /h/. Underlying root-final voiced stops are possible, as is /-p/, but they were not realized as such. | |||
===Diachronics=== | |||
Ideally, [[User:Soap/Birch]] is a branch of this which splits off after the lenition of /č ǯ/ to /s y/ (conditionally) and probably also after a re-shaping of the vowel system to /a e i o u/ but before most of the other shifts that make Birch what it is. | Ideally, [[User:Soap/Birch]] is a branch of this which splits off after the lenition of /č ǯ/ to /s y/ (conditionally) and probably also after a re-shaping of the vowel system to /a e i o u/ but before most of the other shifts that make Birch what it is. | ||
Revision as of 07:23, 20 January 2026
The parent language. Had only /h/ using internal reconstruction, but this could have been several fricatives that merged.
Bilabials: p b m Alveolars: t d n l r Postalveolars: č ǯ Palatals: (y) Velars: k ġ ŋ (Ø) h
Vowels were /a i u ə/.
The syllable structure is CVC, with final consonants restricted to /t n l r č k ġ ŋ/; the "g" was probably [ɣ] in this position and might have actually arisen from earlier /h/ or from the fricatives that themselves led to /h/. Underlying root-final voiced stops are possible, as is /-p/, but they were not realized as such.
Diachronics
Ideally, User:Soap/Birch is a branch of this which splits off after the lenition of /č ǯ/ to /s y/ (conditionally) and probably also after a re-shaping of the vowel system to /a e i o u/ but before most of the other shifts that make Birch what it is.
