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Proto-Mari is the reconstructed ancestor of Eastern Mari and Western Mari.
Transcription
For the sake of consistency, the following transcription is chosen for Wiktionary:
Proto-Mari consonants
|
labial |
dental |
alveolar |
palatal |
palatovelar
|
| Stop |
voiceless
|
p |
t |
č |
ć |
k
|
| voiced
|
|
d |
|
|
g
|
| Sibilant |
voiceless
|
|
s |
š |
ś |
|
| voiced
|
|
|
ž |
ź |
|
| Approximant
|
w |
|
|
j |
|
| Nasal
|
m |
n |
|
ń |
ŋ
|
| Liquid
|
|
l |
r |
ľ |
|
Proto-Mari vowels
|
Front |
Back
|
| unrounded |
rounded |
unrounded |
rounded
|
| Close
|
i |
ü |
|
u
|
| Close-Mid
|
ĭ |
ü̆ |
|
ŭ
|
| Open-Mid
|
e |
|
|
o
|
| Open
|
ä |
|
a |
å
|
- A reducted vowel *ə appears in non-initial syllables.
Descendants
All Proto-Mari reconstructions should either feature both Mari descendants or any one descendant, provided that a Proto-Uralic ancestor is reconstructed. The current standard for listing descendants is as such:
* {{desc|mhr|}}
* {{desc|mrj|}}
References