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{{Infobox proto-language

| name = Proto-Carpathian

| creator = User:Raistas

| target = Carpathian

| familycolor = oronaic

| ancestor = [[Proto-Oronaic]]

| ancestor2 = Proto-Alpathian

| child1 = [[West Carpathian]]

| child2 = [[East Carpathian]]

| child3 = [[South Carpathian]]

}}

'''Proto-Carpathian''' is the common ancestor of the [[Carpathian languages]]. Proto-Carpathian is not attested in any texts, but has been reconstructed by linguists. It is itself descended ultimately from [[Proto-Oronaic]] or possibly from an intermediate stage, called Proto-Alpathian.

==Stages==

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Vowel *a /ɑ/ resulted from a secondary development and can give irregular results in daughter languages, for example: ''*tálu-nə'' > ''*talun'' ("high") became ''tālu'' in West Carpathian and ''tallo'' in East Carpathian, but ''tolu'' in South Carpathian (*a merged with *o into *a in Early Proto-Carpathian and shifted into *o later). Vowel *ä, unlike its back counterpart, failed to shift into *e before some consonant clusters and remained distinct from *e.

Like in Proto-Oronaic, four reduced vowels were present, marked as *ə1, *ə2, *ə3 and *ə4, which probably still remained an allophone of *ə3 The actual realization of them is a question of ~~not known precisely~~: vowel harmony also applied to those reduced vowels with *ə1-*ə2, *ë-*ə4 and *ə3-*ə4 contrasts. Most scholars analize them as following:

Like in Proto-Oronaic, four reduced vowels were present, marked as *ə1, *ə2, *ə3 and *ə4, which probably still remained an allophone of *ə3 The actual realization of them is a question of debate: vowel harmony also applied to those reduced vowels with *ə1-*ə2, *ë-*ə4 and *ə3-*ə4 contrasts. Most scholars analize them as following:

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~~| a /ɑ/~~

~~| a /ɑː/~~

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| a /ɒ/

| a /ɒː/

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+{{Infobox proto-language
+| name        = Proto-Carpathian
+| creator     = User:Raistas
+| target      = Carpathian
+| familycolor = oronaic
+| ancestor    = [[Proto-Oronaic]]
+| ancestor2   = Proto-Alpathian
+| child1      = [[West Carpathian]]
+| child2      = [[East Carpathian]]
+| child3      = [[South Carpathian]]
+}}
 '''Proto-Carpathian''' is the common ancestor of the [[Carpathian languages]]. Proto-Carpathian is not attested in any texts, but has been reconstructed by linguists. It is itself descended ultimately from [[Proto-Oronaic]] or possibly from an intermediate stage, called Proto-Alpathian.
 ==Stages==
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 Vowel *a /ɑ/ resulted from a secondary development and can give irregular results in daughter languages, for example: ''*tálu-nə'' > ''*talun'' ("high") became ''tālu'' in West Carpathian and ''tallo'' in East Carpathian, but ''tolu'' in South Carpathian (*a merged with *o into *a in Early Proto-Carpathian and shifted into *o later). Vowel *ä, unlike its back counterpart, failed to shift into *e before some consonant clusters and remained distinct from *e.
-Like in Proto-Oronaic, four reduced vowels were present, marked as *ə<sub>1</sub>, *ə<sub>2</sub>, *ə<sub>3</sub> and *ə<sub>4</sub>, which probably still remained an allophone of *ə<sub>3</sub> The actual realization of them is a question of not known precisely: vowel harmony also applied to those reduced vowels with *ə<sub>1</sub>-*ə<sub>2</sub>, *ë-*ə<sub>4</sub> and *ə<sub>3</sub>-*ə<sub>4</sub> contrasts. Most scholars analize them as following:
+Like in Proto-Oronaic, four reduced vowels were present, marked as *ə<sub>1</sub>, *ə<sub>2</sub>, *ə<sub>3</sub> and *ə<sub>4</sub>, which probably still remained an allophone of *ə<sub>3</sub> The actual realization of them is a question of debate: vowel harmony also applied to those reduced vowels with *ə<sub>1</sub>-*ə<sub>2</sub>, *ë-*ə<sub>4</sub> and *ə<sub>3</sub>-*ə<sub>4</sub> contrasts. Most scholars analize them as following:
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-| a /ɑ/
-| a /ɑː/
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+| a /ɒ/
+| a /ɒː/
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