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Proto-Selkup is the reconstructed ancestor of the Selkup languages.
Transcription
For the sake of consistency, the following transcription is chosen for Wiktionary:
|
|
labial |
dental |
alveolo-palatal |
velar |
glottal
|
| Stop
|
Plain
|
p |
t |
ť |
k |
q
|
| Labialised
|
pw |
tw |
ťw |
kw |
qw
|
| Fricative
|
|
s |
š |
|
|
| Approximant
|
w |
|
j |
|
|
| Affricate
|
|
c |
č |
|
|
| Nasal
|
m |
n |
ń |
ŋ |
|
| Lateral
|
|
l |
ľ |
|
|
| Trill
|
|
r |
|
|
|
Where j, ľ, r and ŋ does not appear word-initially.
Proto-Selkup vowels (in first syllable)
|
Front |
Central |
Back
|
| unrounded |
rounded |
unrounded |
rounded
|
| Close
|
i, ī |
ü, ǖ |
|
ï, ï̄ |
u, ū
|
| Mid
|
e, ē |
ö, ȫ |
|
ë, ë̄ |
o, ō
|
| Open
|
ä, ǟ |
|
|
a, ā |
|
Proto-Selkup vowels (in second syllable)
|
Front |
Central |
Back
|
| Close
|
|
|
u
|
| Mid
|
|
ə |
|
| Open
|
ä |
|
a
|
This phonological analysis is based on the reconstruction by Janurik (2023).
Descendants
The current standard for listing descendants is as such:
** {{desc|sel-nor|}}
** {{desc|sel-sou|-}}
*** Narym: {{l|sel-sou|}}
*** Upper Ob: {{l|sel-sou|}}
References
- T. Janurik (2023) “A protoszölkup nyelvállapot és fejleményei. Elektronikus kézirat.”, in Szamojéd Tudástár (in Hungarian)