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| *θ | | *θ | ||
| *s | | *s | ||
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| *χw | |||
| *h | | *h | ||
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Revision as of 21:06, 1 August 2017
Old Roshterian is the reconstructed intermediate stage between Proto-Talmic and Roshterian.
- stress shift to penultimate (endings have not dropped completely yet)
- yields Modern Roshterian ultimate stress
Some words
- φlat-nəm "seed" > Old Roshterian *hlatnə > Roshterian laaṉ
- tekts "child" > Old Roshterian *tejθ, tejs- > Roshterian ṯeit, ṯeis-
- bonditejθi, bondejθi "child-bearer, child-rearer, babysitter" > Roshterian breit, breiti- "woman"
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Uvular | Labiouvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | *m | *n | ||||||||
| Plosive | voiceless | *p | *t | *k | *q | |||||
| voiced | *b | *d | *g | |||||||
| Fricative | voiceless | *φ | *θ | *s | *χw | *h | ||||
| voiced | *δ | *ʁ | *ʁʷ | |||||||
| Resonant | *l | *r | *j | *w | ||||||