Proto-Loloish is the reconstructed ancestor of the Loloish languages. Reconstructions include those of David Bradley (1979), James Matisoff (2003), and Ziwo Lama (2012).
Proto-Loloish | |
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Reconstruction of | Loloish languages |
Reconstructed ancestor |
In later publications, in place of Loloish, David Bradley instead uses the term Ngwi based on a conservative autonym in the Sanie language.[1]
Li Yongsui (2011) reconstructs Proto-Lolo-Burmese (Proto-Mian-Yi 缅彝) based on 30 languages.
Lama (2012) reconstructs 37 consonants for Proto-Loloish (which he calls Proto-Nisoic), 7 of which (marked in green) can occur as syllable finals. The glides /w/ and /j/ occur medially.
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Alveolo-palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||||
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Stops | Voiceless | p | t | ts | tɕ | k | ʔ | ||||||
Voiceless aspirated | pʰ | tʰ | tsʰ | tɕʰ | kʰ | h | |||||||
Voiced | b | d | dz | dʑ | ɡ | ||||||||
Prenasalized | mb | nd | ndz | ndʑ | ŋɡ | ||||||||
Fricatives | Voiceless | s | x | ||||||||||
Voiced | z | ʑ | ɣ | ||||||||||
Nasals | Voiced | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ||||||||
Liquids and Semivowels |
Voiced | -w- | l | r | -j- |