Idavic languages: Difference between revisions
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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Proto-Idavic had a distinction between dental and alveolar~retroflex consonants, which survives in [[Netagin]]. It is thought to have had no labials except /m/; labials were gained in later | Proto-Idavic had a distinction between dental and alveolar~retroflex consonants, which survives in [[Netagin]]. It is thought to have had no labials except /m/; labials were gained in later languages but in different ways. | ||
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*Vowels: a e i u ā ē ī ū | *Vowels: a e i u ā ē ī ū | ||
*Pitch accent: modal ('''á'''), creaky ('''ã''') | *Pitch accent: modal ('''á'''), creaky ('''ã''') | ||