| Proto-Northland Ulitan | |
| Pronunciation | /ʊlɪtan/ |
| Period | ca. 7000BK - 4000BK(?) |
| Spoken in | Northern Amutet |
| Total speakers | Unknown |
| Writing system | None |
| Classification | Ulitan |
| Typology | |
| Basic word order | SOV |
| Morphology | isolating |
| Alignment | ? |
| Credits | |
| Created by | k1234567890y |
The Proto-Northland Ulitan language was the common ancestor of all Northland-Ulitan languages, the Proto-Northland-Ulitan language itself was developed from the Proto-Ulitan language.
Proto-Northland Ulitan was an unwritten language, its forms are reconstructed rather than attested.
Phonology[]
| labials | dento-alveolars | postalveolars/ palatals |
velars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nasals | *m | *n | *ŋ | |
| plosives | *b | *t *d | *k | |
| affricates | *ts | *tʃ *dʒ | ||
| fricatives | *f | *s | *ʃ | *x *ɣ |
| sonorants | *w | *r *l | *j |
- It is possible that */x/ had an allophone [χ]
| front | back | |
|---|---|---|
| high | *i *i: | *u *u: |
| mid | *e *e: | *o *o: |
| low | *a *ɑ: |
/ŋ/ is transcripted as <ng>, /j/ is transcripted as <y>, /ɑ:/ is transcripted as <a:>
Grammar[]
The basic word order of Proto-Northland Ulitan was SOV.
Words[]
Pronouns[]
- 1st sg: *ʃa
- 2nd sg: *ra
- 1st pl: *ʃe:
- 2nd pl: *re:
interrogative: *ma
demonstrative:
- this: *ʃi
- that: *a
- these: *ʃi:
- those: *e:
- here: mu:
- there: ya