Proto-Künürük language

Descendants

1. Tağuköŋül
2. Piteköŋül
3. Küneyke
4. Iltarmin
5. Feritay

Sound Changes

1. intervocalic g -> k
2. ń -> ŋ
3. ŕ -> z
4. ĺ -> š
5. a -> i
6. i -> e
7. o -> a
8. initial s -> h
9. initial y -> dy
10. final m -> n
11. g -> y when followed by a final vowel
12. final g dropped
13. intervocalic y dropped
14. vowel clusters merge to most back
15. devoice initial voiced stops
16. s -> š when followed by r, u, k, or i
17. mi -> n after long vowels
18. final r lengthens preceding vowel, then drops
19. final short vowel drops
20. final ğ -> y

Root Languages

• Proto-Uruk language

Successor Languages

• Fēritai language

Spoken by

• Künürük people