| Proto-Inuit | |
|---|---|
| Reconstruction of | Inuit languages |
| Era | ca. 1000 CE |
| Reconstructed ancestors | Proto-Eskaleut |
Proto-Inuit is the reconstructed proto-language of the Inuit languages, probably spoken about 1000 years BP by the Neo-Eskimo Thule people. It evolved from Proto-Eskimo, from which the Yupik languages also evolved.
Phonology
Doug Hitch proposes the following chart of consonant phonemes:
| 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
- Dorais 2014, p. 104.
- Dorais 2014, p. 101.
- Hitch 2017, p. 4.
Works cited
- 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. Retrieved 2018-09-26.
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