Proto-Loloish language

The Proto-Loloish language is the reconstructed ancestor of the Loloish languages. Reconstructions include those of David Bradley (1979), James Matisoff (2003), and Ziwo Lama (2012).

Li (2011)

Li Yongsui (2011) reconstructs Proto-Lolo-Burmese (Proto-Mian-Yi 缅彝) based on 30 languages.

Lama (2012)

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.

Proto-Nisoic Consonants
(Lama 2012)
Labial Dental Alveolar Alveolo-palatal Velar Glottal
Stops Voiceless p t ts k ʔ
Voiceless aspirated tsʰ tɕʰ h
Voiced b d dz ɡ
Prenasalized mb nd ndz ȵdʑ ŋɡ
Fricatives Voiceless s x
Voiced z ʑ ɣ
Nasals Voiced m n ȵ ŋ
Liquids
and Glides
Voiced -w- l r -j-

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