Wiktionary:About Proto-Yeniseian
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Proto-Yeniseian is the reconstructed ancestor of the Yeniseian languages (Ket and the extinct Arin, Assan, Kott, Pumpokol, Yug).
Transcription
[edit]Currently, the transcription of phonemes in Proto-Yeniseian is taken over directly from Vajda (2022):
Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labiovelar | Velar | Uvular | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | *m | *n | *ŋʷ | *ŋ | |||||
Plosive | voiceless | *p | *t | *č /t͡ʃ/ | *tʳ /ʈ/ | *c | *kʷ | *k | *q |
voiced | *b | *d | *ǰ /d͡ʒ/ | *dʳ /ɖ/ | *ɟ | *ɡʷ | *ɡ | *ɢ | |
Fricative | *s | *š /ʃ/ | *šʳ /ʂ/ | *ç | *xʷ | *x | *χ | ||
Lateral | *ɬ | *tɬ | |||||||
Approximant | *w | *j | |||||||
Rhotic | *r |
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | *i *ij *iw | *u *uj *uw | |
Mid | *e *ej *ew | *o *oj *ow | |
Open | *a *aj *aw |
Descendants
[edit]All Proto-Yeniseian reconstructions should feature at least two descendants or a derived term and a descendant. The current standard for listing descendants is as such:
* {{desc|xrn|}} * Ketic: ** {{desc|ket|}} ** {{desc|yug|}} * Kottic: ** {{desc|xss|}} ** {{desc|zko|}} * {{desc|xpm|}}
Sources
[edit]The main sources for Proto-Yeniseian reconstructions are works by Edward J. Vajda, including {{R:qfa-yen:Fortescue–Vajda:2022}}
.