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| '''Proto-Haïdic''' is the reconstructed ancestor to the Haïdic language family. | | '''Proto-Haïdic''' is the reconstructed ancestor to the Haïdic language family. |
| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
| | ===Vowels=== |
| | {| class="wikitable" style="margin:autmargin:auto;" |
| | |+caption | Vowel phonemes |
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| | ! rowspan="2" | |
| | ! colspan="2" | Front |
| | ! colspan="2" | Central |
| | ! colspan="2" | Back |
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| | ! <small>short</small> |
| | ! <small>long</small> |
| | ! <small>short</small> |
| | ! <small>long</small> |
| | ! <small>short</small> |
| | ! <small>long</small> |
| | |- style="text-align:center;" |
| | ! Close |
| | | *i |
| | | *ī |
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| | | *u |
| | | *ū |
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| | ! Open |
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| | | *a |
| | | *ā |
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| | |} |
| ===Consonants=== | | ===Consonants=== |
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| | *m | | | *m |
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| | *n | | | *n |
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| == Verbs == | | == Verbs == |
| {| class="wikitable" style="margin:autmargin:auto;"
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| |+caption | Verb patterns
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| ! rowspan="2" | Stem
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| ! colspan="3" | Verb
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| ! rowspan="2" | Description
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| ! rowspan="2" | Meaning
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| ! <small>''adnominal''</small>
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| ! <small>''conclusive''</small>
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| ! <small>''infinitive''</small>
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| | style="text-align:center;" | I
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| | ''*patah''
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| | ''*ʔaptah''
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| | ''*ʔaptuhu''
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| | The simple stem for [[w:Transitive verb|transitive]] and [[w:Intransitive verb|intransitive]] verbs.
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| | 'I strike'
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| | style="text-align:center;" | II
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| | ''*putah''
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| | ''*ʔuptah''
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| | ''*ʔupātuhu''
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| | ''*u''-mediopassive, used to form intransitive verbs from transitive Stem I verbs.
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| | 'we are stricken'
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| | style="text-align:center;" | III
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| | ''*itpatah''
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| | ''*ʔamitpatah''
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| | ''*ʔamitpatuhu''
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| | Simple stem with t-infix after first radical, indicating reciprocal or reflexive.
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| | 'we strike each other'
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| | style="text-align:center;" | IV
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| | ''*itputah''
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| | ''*ʔitputah''
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| | ''*ʔitputuhu''
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| | ''*u''-mediopassive with t-infix after first radical, indicating reflexive.
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| | 'I strike myself'
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| | style="text-align:center;" | V
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| | ''*pittah''
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| | ''*ʔapittah''
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| | ''*ʔapittuhu''
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| | Gemination of the second radical, indicating the intensive.
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| | 'I destroy'
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| | style="text-align:center;" | VI
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| | ''*puttah''
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| | ''*ʔuputtah''
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| | ''*ʔuputtuhu''
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| | ''*u''-mediopassive with gemination of the second radical, indicating the intensive passive.
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| | 'I am destroyed'
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| | style="text-align:center;" | VII
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| | ''*siptah''
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| | ''*ʔasiptah''
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| | ''*ʔasiptuhu''
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| | ''*s''-preformative, indicating the causative of intransitive Stem I verbs.
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| | 'I make them strike'
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| |}
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