Proto Witotoan (SIL International and the University of Texas at Arlington Publications in Linguistics, vol.114)

In Proto Witotoan the author, Richard Aschmann, describes how, by making use only of evidence from languages spoken today, he reconstructed the protolanguage of six languages found in the Amazonian areas of Peru, Colombia, and Brazil.Table of ContentsForeword1. Introduction1.1 Bora1.2 Muinane1.3 Nipode Huitoto1.4 Minica Huitoto1.5 Murui Huitoto1.6 Ocaina1.7 Accent and Tone2. Proto Bora-Muinane2.1-2.5 Consonant Reflexes2.1 The palatalization process2.2 Aspiration and devoicing of stops in Bora2.3 Fricativization in Muinane2.4 Loss of glottal2.5 Reflexes of PBM *g2.6-2.7 Vowel reflexes2.6 The vowel rotation2.7 Vowel harmony in Muinane2.8-2.15 PBM sound changes2.8 Voiceless stops2.9 Voiced stops2.10 Glottal2.11 Fricatives2.12 Nasals2.13 Liquids2.14 Early vowel rules2.15 Later vowel rules (Muinane)2.16 Features not considered3. Proto Huitoto-Ocaina3.1-3.5 Consonant reflexes3.1 Fricativization and implosives3.2 Alveolar and alveopalatal stops and affricates3.3 Nasal consonants3.4 Geminate consonants3.5 Loss of glottal3.6-3.7 Vowel reflexes3.6 Vowel system changes3.7 Nasalization3.8-3.14 PHO sound changes3.8 Voiceless stops3.9 Voiced stops3.10 Glottal3.11 Fricatives3.12 Nasals3.13 Semivowel3.14 Vowels3.15 Features not considered4. Proto Witotoan4.1 Consonant reflexes4.2 Vowel reflexes4.3-4.10 PW sound changes4.3 Voiceless stops4.4 Voiced stops4.5 Glottal4.6 Fricatives4.7 Nasals4.8 Vowel umlaut process summary4.9 Pure vowels4.10 Diphthongs and **i5. In Summary5.1 Witotoan sound changes5.2 The time frame5.3 Some theoretical considerationsComparative WordlistReferences