/p t̪ tʃ k q/ <p t c k q>
/ⁿb ⁿd ⁿdʒ ⁿg/ <b d j g>
/b d dʒ g/ <v z y gh>
/f s x h/ <f s x h>
/m n ? ŋ/ <m n N ng>
/l r/ <l r>
/a e o i u/ <a e o i u>
nasality <-m>
length <VV>
N was probably a retroflex nasal or rhotic.
CV syllable structure, but null onset is permissible; historically hiatus > length
Maybe there were some coda consonants, lost in at least Zi, H, and W.
Nort's Law: the original values of the plosive series are preserved only in Zotic, although it merges the voiced plosives into the voiceless ones. Ziwanic, Hluic, and Whatic all shift MB B > B V. Narngic presumably formed an early clade with Hluic, so it ends up doing whatever Hluic does.
There are, however, some complicating factors:
- in Ziwanic, there is no indication of a POA difference between *t and *z - they're both treated as dental, so *z > Proto-Ziwanic *ð. (In V'eng this merges with /r/.)
- in Hluic, this is preceded by intervocalic voicing of voiceless plosives (except /q/) - however, the outcomes of *t *z still differ. *t is treated as dental, whereas *z is treated as an alveolar, and becomes a sibilant.
- in Whatic, nothing of particular interest happens; however, *v *z lenite further to /h ɹ/.
/ⁿb ⁿd ⁿdʒ ⁿg/ <b d j g>
/b d dʒ g/ <v z y gh>
/f s x h/ <f s x h>
/m n ? ŋ/ <m n N ng>
/l r/ <l r>
/a e o i u/ <a e o i u>
nasality <-m>
length <VV>
N was probably a retroflex nasal or rhotic.
CV syllable structure, but null onset is permissible; historically hiatus > length
Maybe there were some coda consonants, lost in at least Zi, H, and W.
Nort's Law: the original values of the plosive series are preserved only in Zotic, although it merges the voiced plosives into the voiceless ones. Ziwanic, Hluic, and Whatic all shift MB B > B V. Narngic presumably formed an early clade with Hluic, so it ends up doing whatever Hluic does.
There are, however, some complicating factors:
- in Ziwanic, there is no indication of a POA difference between *t and *z - they're both treated as dental, so *z > Proto-Ziwanic *ð. (In V'eng this merges with /r/.)
- in Hluic, this is preceded by intervocalic voicing of voiceless plosives (except /q/) - however, the outcomes of *t *z still differ. *t is treated as dental, whereas *z is treated as an alveolar, and becomes a sibilant.
- in Whatic, nothing of particular interest happens; however, *v *z lenite further to /h ɹ/.