Wiktionary:About Proto-Samoyedic

Proto-Samoyedic is the reconstructed ancestor of the Samoyedic languages.

Transcription

For the sake of consistency, the following transcription is chosen for Wiktionary:

Proto-Samoyedic consonants

		labial	dental	alveolo-palatal	velar
Stop		p	t		k
Fricative			s	š
Approximant		w		j
Affricate			c
Nasal		m	n	ń	ŋ
Lateral			l
Trill			r

Proto-Semoyedic vowels

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded		unrounded	rounded
Close	i	ü		ï	u
Mid	e	ö	ə	ë	o
Open	ä				å

This phonological analysis is based on the reconstruction by Janhunen (1977).

Descendants

All Proto-Samoyedic reconstructions should either feature at least two descendants from different branches or any one Samoyedic descendant, provided that a Proto-Uralic ancestor is reconstructed. The current standard for listing descendants is as such:

* {{desc|nio|}}
* Enets:
** {{desc|enf|}}
** {{desc|enh|}}
* Nenets:
** {{desc|syd-fne|}}
** {{desc|yrk|}}
* Selkup:
** {{desc|sel-nor|}}
** {{desc|sel-sou|-}}
*** Narym: {{l|sel-sou|}}
*** Upper Ob: {{l|sel-sou|}}
* {{desc|xas|}}
* {{desc|zkb|}}
* {{desc|mtm|}}

References

• Janhunen, Juha. 1977. Samojedischer Wortschatz: Gemeinsamojedische Etymologien ('Samoyedic Vocabulary: Common Samoyedic Etymologies'). Castreanianumin toimitteita 17. Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura. →ISBN.