Proto-Sato-Lhedh

General information
Proto-Sato-Lhedh is a proto-language of the Sato-Lhedh language family. It evolved into Proto-Sattic and Proto-Eltic.

Consonants
1 - Only following i, e or ë.

2 - The syllables qua, quä, que, que, quë, qui, quo and quö all realise qu as /kʷw/. However, the cluster quu (sometimes just qu) realises it as /kʷu/.

3 - This can appear as an allophone of many occurences of h.

Note that sounds in brackets (i.e. not solely the IPA character) only appear in dialects.

Alphabet
As an extinct proto-language no written PSL exists. However, the standard way of transliterating it (when differing from the IPA) is as follows:

Phonotactics
(s)(C)(r, l, ʲ)V(V)(r, l)(C)(C) e.g. sḳäirc (blood)

When two vowels occur together in this way, there is a slight glide that barely realises the second consonant. This is often thus considered either a single vowel or a diphthong.

Dialects
Pronunciation of certain sounds changes depending on the main locations in which PSL is spoken, the North, West and South.

Declensions - Cases

 * Nominative: Subject or following the verb nahkeṭ (to be).
 * Accusative: Object, and used with most adpositions.
 * Genitive: Showing possession (of...).
 * Dative: Indirect object (to... or for...).
 * Proessive: Showing motion towards or into.
 * Ablative: Showing motion away from or out of, or an instrumental.

First Declension
Consonant-final. Model noun = sat, water.

Second Declension
ä-final. Model noun = valä, head.

Third Declension
e-final. Model noun = puore, grass.

Fourth Declension
o-final. Model noun = tahno, grass. 1) If the final consonant in the root here is any of t, d, l or k, it is palatalised in the proessive singular.

2) In the accusative and genitive, the final consonant of the root is doubled if possible.

Pro-particles
aḳelu is a pro-verb. It stands in place of a verb used before it; which verb it refers to is determined by context. hark'an is a pro-adjective. this stands in place of an adjective.

e.g. čöiter nallu ki sän aḳelu. He left and so did I.

leave-inf be.3ps.past and I.nom prover

kalëram nah ki hark'an nuḷ. He is wise and I am also.

wise-nom.s be.3ps.pres and proadj be.1ps.pres