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A voicing contrast is present only the in the plosives, with /d/ as the only common voiced plosive phoneme. /g/ is rare, /p/ absent entirely. It is unclear if a voiced labial plosive existed; a potentially corresponding glyph has been variably interpreted as /b/, /w/, or /f/ (see [[Proto-Besokian writing#Pronunciation of B7]]). /k/ | A voicing contrast is present only the in the plosives, with /d/ as the only common voiced plosive phoneme. /g/ is rare, /p/ absent entirely. It is unclear if a voiced labial plosive existed; a potentially corresponding glyph has been variably interpreted as /b/, /w/, or /f/ (see [[Proto-Besokian writing#Pronunciation of B7|Pronunciation of Besokian B7]]). Voiceless plosives were likely aspirated, /k/ potentially with a tenuis allophone in final position, as has been posited for Soskish based on transcriptions into the Olgish alphabet. | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto" | {| class="wikitable" style="margin:auto" | ||
|+ Proto-Besokian Vowels | |+ Proto-Besokian Vowels | ||
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! High | ! High | ||
| | | /iː/ [iː] /i/ [ə] || /uː/ [ʉː] /u/ [ɨ] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Mid | ! Mid | ||
| | | /eː/ [ɛː] /e/ [ɛ~ɪ] || /oː/ [ɔː] /o/ [ɔ] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Low | ! Low | ||
| | | /aː/ [aː] || /a/ [ɑ~ʌ] | ||
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Proto-Besokian distinguishes short and long vowels in all metric positions. Accent was tone-based and fixed on the first syllable of a word, initiating a dactylic pattern propagated into suffixes and clitics and establishing the typical Besokian high-low-low rhythm. | |||
==Morphosyntax== | ==Morphosyntax== | ||
[[Category:Besokian Languages]][[Category:Proto-Languages]] | [[Category:Besokian Languages]][[Category:Proto-Languages]] | ||