Proto-Inuit language
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| Proto-Inuit | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Inuit languages |
| Era | ca. 1000 CE |
Reconstructed ancestors | |
Proto-Inuit is the reconstructed proto-language of the Inuit languages, probably spoken about 1000 years BP by the Neo-Eskimo Thule people.[1] It evolved from Proto-Eskimo, from which the Yupik languages also evolved.[2]
Phonology
[edit | edit source]Doug 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 | edit source]- ^ Dorais 2014, p. 104.
- ^ Dorais 2014, p. 101.
- ^ Hitch 2017, p. 4.
Works cited
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Further reading
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