Proto-Inuit is thereconstructedproto-language of theInuit languages, probably spoken about1000 years BP by theNeo-EskimoThule people.[1] It evolved fromProto-Eskimo, from which theYupik languages also evolved.[2]
| Proto-Inuit | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Inuit languages |
| Era | ca. 1000 CE |
Reconstructed ancestors | |
Phonology
editDoug Hitch proposes the following chart of consonant phonemes:[3]
| Labial | Apical | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| voiceless | p | t | ɬ | c | k | q |
| voiced | v | ʐ | l | j | ɣ | ʁ |
| nasal | m | n | ŋ |
References
edit- ^Dorais 2014, p. 104.
- ^Dorais 2014, p. 101.
- ^Hitch 2017, p. 4.
Works cited
edit- Dorais, Louis-Jacques (2014).The Language of the Inuit: Syntax, Semantics, and Society in the Arctic. MQUP.ISBN 978-0-7735-8176-0.
- Hitch, Doug (2017-12-24). Maddeaux, Ruth (ed.)."Proto-Inuit Phonology"(PDF).Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics.39.University of Toronto. Retrieved2018-09-26.
Further reading
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