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Classification and Dialects[]
Proto-Cinaiŋi is the experimental name for the reconstructed proto-language of a family. It is a child-language of [Proto-language]
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | ||
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Nasal | *m | *n | *ɲ | *ŋ | |
Plosive | voiceless | *p | *t | *c | *k |
voiced | *b | *d | *ɟ | *g | |
aspirated | *pʰ | *tʰ | *cʰ | *kʰ | |
Sibilant | *s | ||||
Africate | *ts | ||||
Approximant | medial | *w | *j | ||
lateral | *l | *lʲ | |||
Trill | *r |
Vowels[]
Monophthongs | |||
---|---|---|---|
Front | Central | Back | |
Close | *ɨ | ||
Close-mid | *e | *o | |
Mid | *ə | ||
Open | *a | *ɑ |
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Diphthongs | ||||
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e | o | a |
ɑ | |
e | eː | eo | ea | eɑ |
o | oː | oɑ | ||
a | aː | aɑ | ||
ɑ |
ɑː |
Phonotactics[]
Consonant clusters: tˡ, kˡ