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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.