Wiktionary:About Proto-Malayic
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This page contains guidelines for Proto-Malayic reconstructions. Proto-Malayic reconstructions are created in the Reconstruction namespace, as subpages, e.g. Reconstruction:Proto-Malayic/anak for the reconstruction *anak.
Notation
[edit]We use Adelaar's (1992) notation in describing Proto-Malayic sounds.
Vowels
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ 'A' or 'ᴀ' indicates that the vowel is either *a or *ə, while 'V' indicates that the vowel is uncertain. Reduction of antepenultimate vowels into schwa is common in many Malay varieties, and the original vowel must be inferred from other languages.
- ^ According to Adelaar (1992), there were only 2 diphthongs: *-ay, and *-aw. However, Anderbeck (2012) posited older diphthong *-uy, which is only present in Duano, and was merged with -i elsewhere.
Consonants
[edit]- Nasals: m n ñ[C 1] ŋ
- Voiceless plosives: p t c k
- Voiced plosives: b d j[C 2] g
- Fricatives: s h
- Approximants: w l y[C 3]
- Trill: r[C 4]
Notes
[edit]Descendants
[edit]Descendants are listed in alphabetical order by language, in the manner like this:
===Descendants===
* Ibanic
** {{desc|iba|}}
** {{desc|mtd|}}
** {{desc|sbx|}}
* {{desc|kxd|}}
* {{desc|meo|}}
* {{desc|ms|}}
** {{desc|id|}}
* {{desc|min|}}
* {{desc|mui|}}
* {{desc|mfa|}}
* {{desc|urk|}}