Wiktionary:About Proto-Yukaghir

Proto-Yukaghir is the reconstructed ancestor of the Yukaghir languages (Northern and Southern Yukaghir and the extinct Omok and Chuvan).

Transcription

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Currently, the transcription of phonemes in Proto-Yukaghir is taken over directly from Nikolaeva (2006):

Proto-Yukaghir consonants
labial dental palatal velar uvular
Stop/Sibilant p t s k q
Fricative ɣ
Affricate č čʼ
Nasal m n ń ŋ
Lateral l ľ
Trill/Approximant w r j
Consonant correspondences in Yukaghiric languages
Proto-Yukaghir Northern Yukaghir Southern Yukaghir notes
*p п п
*t т т
*k к к
*q х х
*s с сь
*ẟ р д SY *ẟ# > т
г/ҕ г/ҕ *ɣT > кT/хT
*ɣD > уD
*ɣN > N
ч ч
*čʼ ч ч
*m м м
*n н н
нь нь SY *ń- > й
ҥ ҥ
*l л л
ль ль
*w в б SY *w- > ∅
*r р р
*j й й
Proto-Yukaghir vowels
Front Back
unrounded rounded unrounded rounded
High i ü y u
Low e ö a o
Vowel correspondences in Yukaghiric languages
Proto-Yukaghir Northern Yukaghir Southern Yukaghir notes
*a а а
*o о о NY *Wo/*oW > Wа/аW
ө ө SY *öCu > уCу
*e е е *We/*eW > Wө/өW
SY *eCi > иCи
*u у у *Ju/*uJ > Jи/иJ
*i и и *Wi/*iW > Wу/уW
*y и и

Descendants

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All Proto-Yukaghir reconstructions should feature at least two descendants or a derived term and a descendant. The current standard for listing descendants is as such:

* {{desc|ykg|}}
* {{desc|yux|}}
* {{desc|xcv|}}
* {{desc|omk|}}

Sources

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The main sources for Proto-Yukaghir reconstructions are works by Irina Nikolaeva, including {{R:qfa-yuk:Nikolaeva:2006}}.