Proto-Hautaric language

Consonants

Labial (P) Dental (T) Dorsal (K) Uvular (U) Glottal (G) Stop Tenuis Aspirated
 * p
 * t
 * k
 * q
 * pʰ
 * tʰ
 * kʰ
 * qʰ

Voiced
 * b
 * d
 * g
 * G

Nasal
 * m
 * n

Fricative h Affricative
 * f
 * s
 * x
 * X


 * c

Liquid


 * r, *l


 * w


 * y

Vowels

Front Middle Back Closed
 * i *î

Mid
 * u *û


 * ə *ə̂

Open
 * a *â

Syllable structure (S)(C)(S)V(V)(S)(C) S - Sonorants /r l m n y w f/ C - Any consonant V - Vowel Hautkar sound changes Vowels əw, ə̂w > ɨ, ɨː əy, ə̂y > ʉ, ʉː ə́ > a ə > ∅ a > ɑ / q_
 * q       >  ʔ
 * qh           >  χ
 * G >  ʁ  >  ħ
 * X       >  h
 * h >  ∅
 * Tr, rT > ʈ, ɖ, ʂ, ʈʂ
 * p, ph > f
 * p, ph > f


 * pʰtrásri > fṭaṣi [ˈfʈɑ.ʂe] (staff for walking)
 * ágəhi (bee)
 * agə́hian (bee.PL)
 * gulá > *qəgulá
 * kʰə́ni > *qə́kʰəni
 * Gautkar

Grammar Noun qə- - ergative -(ə)k - genitive -cə - locative Pronouns Ħautkar Ar = relative

Singular Plural

1 2 3 1 2 3 Absolutive Ene Aṣ Naṭ

Ergative Ian ʔaṣ (ʔ)n(a~i)ʈ

Genitive Anik Ṣik Ark

PH Hautkar Rotak Rabak 1 bâṭ
 * bâtr

2 gun [gun]
 * gun

3 ṭur [ʈoɾ] trur tror 4 ʔrûn [ʔɾuːn] qrûn qrôn 5 meri
 * trur
 * qrûn
 * məri

6 ndêṣ
 * ndəwsr

7 cîtu
 * ciytu

8 ialan
 * yalam

9 c̣eac̣
 * crəwacr

10 mluħa
 * mluGa