Proto-Tsai-Chire

The Proto-Tsai-Chire language is the ancestor of all Tsai-Chire languages.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	ø	o
	e	ɤ
Open	æ	ɑ

Consonants

	Bilabial		Dental		Alveolar		Postalveolar		Retroflex		Alveolo-Palatal		Palatal	Velar-Uvular
	unv	v	unv	v	unv	v	unv	v	unv	v	unv	v		unv	v
Plosive	p	b			t	d							c [c, ç]	k	ɡ [ɡ, ɤ̯]
Nasal		m [m, ɰ̃p, mp]⁵				n						(nʲ)²			ɰ̃, (ŋ)
Fricative			(θ)¹	(ð)¹	s				ʂ		ɕ			χ
Affricate					(ts)¹	dz	(tʃ)¹	(dʒ)¹	ʈʂ	ɖʐ	tɕ	dʑ
Liquid		w				ɮ				ɻ⁴		lj~lʲ	j