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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
|-
! rowspan="2" |
! colspan="2" | Front
! colspan="2" | Central
! colspan="2" | Back
|-
! <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
|- style="text-align:center;"
! 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;"
|+caption | Verb patterns
|-
! rowspan="2" | Stem
! colspan="3" | Verb
! rowspan="2" | Description
! rowspan="2" | Meaning
|-
! <small>''adnominal''</small>
! <small>''conclusive''</small>
! <small>''infinitive''</small>
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | I
| ''*patah''
| ''*ʔaptah''
| ''*ʔaptuhu''
| The simple stem for [[w:Transitive verb|transitive]] and [[w:Intransitive verb|intransitive]] verbs.
| 'I strike'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | II
| ''*putih''
| ''*ʔuptih''
| ''*ʔupātuhu''
| ''*u''-mediopassive, used to form intransitive verbs from transitive Stem I verbs.
| 'I am stricken'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | III
| ''*itpatah''
| ''*ʔamitpatah''
| ''*ʔamitpātuhu''
| Simple stem with t-infix after first radical, indicating reciprocal or reflexive.
| 'we strike each other'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | IV
| ''*itputih''
| ''*ʔitputih''
| ''*ʔitputuhu''
| ''*u''-mediopassive with t-infix after first radical, indicating reflexive.
| 'I strike myself'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | V
| ''*pittah''
| ''*ʔapittah''
| ''*ʔapittuhu''
| Gemination of the second radical, indicating the intensive.
| 'I destroy'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | VI
| ''*puttih''
| ''*ʔuputtih''
| ''*ʔuputtuhu''
| ''*u''-mediopassive with gemination of the second radical, indicating the intensive mediopassive.
| 'I am destroyed'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | VII
| ''*itpattah''
| ''*ʔamitpattah''
| ''*ʔamitpattuhu''
| Gemination of the second radical with t-infix after first radical, indicating intensive reciprocal or reflexive.
| 'we destroy each other'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | VIII
| ''*itputtih''
| ''*ʔitputtih''
| ''*ʔitputtuhu''
| ''*u''-mediopassive with gemination of the second radical and t-infix after first radical, indicating intensive reflexive.
| 'I destroy myself'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | IX
| ''*siptah''
| ''*ʔasiptah''
| ''*ʔasiptuhu''
| ''*s''-performative, indicating the causative of intransitive Stem I verbs.
| 'I make them strike'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | IX
| ''*sitpatah''
| ''*ʔasitpatah''
| ''*ʔasitpātuhu''
| ''*s''-performative with t-infix after first radical, indicating causative reciprocal or reflexive.
| 'I make them strike each other'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | X
| ''*sitputih''
| ''*ʔasitputih''
| ''*ʔasitputuhu''
| ''*s''-performative and ''*u''-mediopassive with t-infix after first radical, indicating causative reflexive.
| 'I make them strike themselves'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | XI
| ''*sipattah''
| ''*ʔasipattah''
| ''*ʔasipattuhu''
| ''*s''-performative with gemination of the second radical, indicating the intensive causative.
| 'I make them destroy'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | XII
| ''*sitpattah''
| ''*ʔasitpattah''
| ''*ʔasitpattuhu''
| ''*s''-performative with gemination of the second radical and t-infix after first radical, indicating the intensive causative reciprocal or reflexive.
| 'I make them destroy each other'
|-
| style="text-align:center;" | XIII
| ''*sitputtih''
| ''*ʔasitputtih''
| ''*ʔasitpattuhu''
| ''*s''-performative and ''*u''-mediopassive with gemination of the second radical and t-infix after first radical, indicating the intensive causative reflexive.
| 'I make them destroy themselves'
|}