Proto-Kettic [PKET]
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Proto-Kettic
keet [ke:t]
Proto-Kettickeet [ke:t]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Kettic
Proto-Kettic is the reconstructed ancestor of all Kettic languages. Having been reconstructed by mainly Ket linguists using Old Ket texts (oldest attested Kettic language), this proto-language resembles Ket more closely than other Kettic languages like Lagu or Shì, which have mostly been used to clear up confusions that came up while reconstructing the language. Still, this reconstruction remains as the most widely accepted one, by both linguists inside or outside the Ket Kuzhong.
Language family relationships
Language treeKettic
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Proto-KetticPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p pˤ pʰ | b | t tˤ tʰ | d | k kˤ kʰ | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s̺ | z̺ | ʂ | ʐ | x | ɣ | h | |||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | d͡z | ʈ͡ʂ ʈ͡ʂʰ | ɖ͡ʐ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Trill | [r]1 | |||||||||||||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||||||||||
- allophone of /ɾ/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Kettic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Proto-KetticOrthography | ||||||||||
| a/a/ | aa/a:/ | b/b/ | c/t͡sʰ/ | ch/ʈ͡ʂʰ/ | d/d/ | dj/ɖ͡ʐ/ | e/e/ | ee/e:/ | f/ɸ/ | g/g/ |
| gh/ɣ/ | h/h/ | i/i/ | ii/i:/ | j/ʐ/ | k/k/ | k'/kˤ/ | kh/kʰ/ | l/l/ | m/m/ | n/n/ |
| ng/ŋ/ | o/o/ | oo/o:/ | p/p/ | p'/pˤ/ | ph/pʰ/ | r/ɾ/ | s/z̺/ | sc/ʈ͡ʂ/ | sh/ʂ/ | ss/s̺/ |
| t/t/ | t'/tˤ/ | th/tʰ/ | u/u/ | uu/u:/ | v/β/ | w/w/ | x/x/ | y/j/ | z/t͡s/ | zz/d͡z/ |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order | ||||||||||
