Proto-Southern Athabaskan

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Proto-Southern Athabaskan is the reconstructed common ancestor language of the Southern Athabaskan (Apachean) languages, inferred through comparative linguistic methods.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Athabaskan language
proto-language
reconstructed language
differentiatedFrom Proto-Northern Athabaskan NERFINISHED
hasAlternativeName Proto-Apachean NERFINISHED
Proto-Apachean-Athabaskan NERFINISHED
Proto-Southern Athabascan NERFINISHED
hasAncestor Proto-Athabaskan NERFINISHED
hasDescendant Chiricahua NERFINISHED
Jicarilla NERFINISHED
Kiowa Apache NERFINISHED
Lipan Apache NERFINISHED
Mescalero NERFINISHED
Navajo NERFINISHED
Plains Apache NERFINISHED
Western Apache NERFINISHED
hasFeature complex verb morphology
consonant contrasts typical of Athabaskan
prefixing verb structure
rich aspectual system
tone (reconstructed for some analyses)
hasLexicalItemType basic vocabulary shared across Southern Athabaskan languages
hasPhonologicalProcess consonant cluster simplification (reconstructed)
vowel alternations (reconstructed)
hasReconstructionDomain lexicon
morphology
phonology
hasResearchTopic chronology of sound changes in Apachean languages
internal subgrouping of Southern Athabaskan
relationship to Proto-Athabaskan phonology
isHypothesized through regular sound correspondences among Southern Athabaskan languages
partOf Athabaskan language family NERFINISHED
Na-Dene language family NERFINISHED
reconstructedBy comparative method
reconstructionBasedOn lexical comparison
morphological comparison
phonological comparison
spokenIn Southwestern North America (reconstructed homeland, approximate) NERFINISHED
status reconstructed
unattested
studiedIn Athabaskan linguistics
historical linguistics
subfamilyOf Apachean languages NERFINISHED
Southern Athabaskan languages NERFINISHED
timeDepth pre-contact period in Southwestern North America (approximate)
writingSystem none

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Southern Athabaskan hasReconstruction Proto-Southern Athabaskan