Wiktionary:About Proto-Mari

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Proto-Mari is the reconstructed ancestor of Eastern Mari and Western Mari.

Transcription

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For the sake of consistency, the following transcription is chosen for Wiktionary:

Proto-Mari consonants
labial dental alveolar palatal palatovelar
Stop voiceless p t č ć k
voiced d g
Sibilant voiceless s š ś
voiced ž ź
Approximant w j
Nasal m n ń ŋ
Liquid l r ľ
Proto-Mari vowels
Front Back
unrounded rounded unrounded rounded
Close i ü u
Close-Mid ĭ ü̆ ŭ
Open-Mid e o
Open ä a å
  • A reducted vowel *ə appears in non-initial syllables.

Descendants

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All Proto-Mari reconstructions should either feature both Mari descendants or any one descendant, provided that a Proto-Uralic ancestor is reconstructed. The current standard for listing descendants is as such:

* {{desc|mhr|}}
* {{desc|mrj|}}

References

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  • Aikio, Ante. 2014. "On the reconstruction of Proto-Mari vocalism". In Journal of Language Relationship 11, pp. 125–157.
  • Gábor Bereczki (2013) Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Tscheremissischen (Mari) [Etymological dictionary of the Cheremiss language (Mari)], Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN