Proto-Hautaric language

Hypothetical ancestor of Hautaric languages, including Ħautkar itself, Rabak and Rotak.

Diphthongs
There are only two diphthongs in Proto-Hautaric, *ew and *ey, in most hautaric languages like Rotak and Rabak, it became what we know as middle vowerls /e/ and /o/, different from this, hautkar went further innovating /ʉ/ and /ɨ/.

Syllable structure
(S)(C)(C)(S)V(V)(S)(C)


 * S - Sonorants /r l m n y w /
 * C - Any consonant
 * V - Vowels

Stress
Hautaric languages feature stress inherited from Proto-Hautaric a language that is thought to be either pitch accent or purely regular with penultimate stress [σˈσσ]. In Ħautkar most of the stressed middle vowels become /a/ while in other Hautaric languages it disappeared leaving behind consonant clusters.