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As far as is tangible from writing, Proto-Besokian seems to share the sparse phoneme inventory of the Soskish languages, distinguishing only 14 consonant and ten vowel phonemes. | As far as is tangible from writing, Proto-Besokian seems to share the sparse phoneme inventory of the Soskish languages, distinguishing only 14 consonant and ten vowel phonemes. | ||
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|+Proto-Besokian Consonants | |+Proto-Besokian Consonants | ||
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A voicing contrast is present only the in the plosives, with /d/ as the only common voiced plosive phoneme. /g/ and /b/ are rare, /p/ absent entirely. 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. | A voicing contrast is present only the in the plosives, with /d/ as the only common voiced plosive phoneme. /g/ and /b/ are rare, /p/ absent entirely. 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. | ||
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|+ Proto-Besokian Vowels | |+ Proto-Besokian Vowels | ||
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This gives the following (flat) template for the Proto-Besokian clause: | This gives the following (flat) template for the Proto-Besokian clause: | ||
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| Complementizers<br />Conjunctions<br />Clause Negation (*''at'') || Predicate || Argument PP || Indirect Object || Direct Object<br />Unaccusative Subject || Negation (*''mî'') || Unergative Subject || Adjuncts | | Complementizers<br />Conjunctions<br />Clause Negation (*''at'') || Predicate || Argument PP || Indirect Object || Direct Object<br />Unaccusative Subject || Negation (*''mî'') || Unergative Subject || Adjuncts | ||