Wiktionary:About Proto-Afroasiatic
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Proto afroasiatic is the reconstructed ancestor of Berber, Chadic, Cushitic, Egyptian, Semitic, and Omotic languages.
Phonology[edit]
| Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Labiovelar | Liquid | Laryngeal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ŋʷ | ||||
| Voiceless plosive | p | t | s | ɬ | c | k | kʷ | ʔ | |
| Voiced plosive | b | d | z | dl | j | g | gʷ | ||
| Emphatic plosive | p' | t' | s' | tl' | c' | k' | kʷ' | ||
| Voiceless fricative | f | ts | š | x | xʷ | h, ḥ | |||
| Voiced fricative | w | dz | y | ɣ | ɣʷ | l, r | ʕ |
| Short | Long |
|---|---|
| a, e, i, o, u | aa, ee, ii, oo, uu |
| Falling | Rising | Level |
|---|---|---|
| è | é | ē |
Inflection[edit]
It is accepted that proto-Afroasiatic had a complex inflectional system. However, no consensus exists as of yet as to how it might have looked like.
For this reason, words without their inflection are to be considered roots.