| Proto-Ezu-Pourazu ' | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | |||
| Synthetic | |||
| Alignment | |||
| Accusative | |||
| Head direction | |||
| left | |||
| Tonal | |||
| Yes | |||
| Declensions | |||
| Yes | |||
| Conjugations | |||
| Yes | |||
| Genders | |||
| No | |||
| Nouns decline according to... | |||
| Case | Number | ||
| Definiteness | Gender | ||
| Verbs conjugate according to... | |||
| Voice | Mood | ||
| Person | Number | ||
| Tense | Aspect | ||
General information[]
Proto-Ezu-Pourazu is the closest common ancestor of the Ezu and Pourazu languages.
Phonology[]
Consonants[]
| labial | alveolar | palatal | velar | uvular | glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| stop | p b | t d | c ɟ | k g | q | |
| affricate | ts (dz) | |||||
| fricative | f v | s z | ç | x | χ | h |
| approximant | j | w | ||||
| flap | ɺ <r> |
Vowels[]
| front | back | |
|---|---|---|
| high | i | u |
| mid | e̞ | o̞ |
| low | a | |
Phonotactics[]
(C)(w, j)V(N, H, w, j, s, (z), r)
Tone[]
It's apparent that every syllable had tone, yet some syllable's tones cannot be reconstructed. Otherwise there are three tones: high, mid, and low. Some Ezu words have flipped the tone of the proto-language (ex. tdáH "cold").