Proto-Inuit is the reconstructed proto-language of the Inuit languages, probably spoken about 1000 years BP by the Neo-Eskimo Thule people. It evolved from Proto-Eskimo, from which the Yupik languages also evolved.

Phonology

Doug Hitch proposes the following chart of consonant phonemes:

Proto-Inuit phonemic chart
LabialApicalLateralPalatalVelarUvular
voicelessptɬckq
voicedvʐljɣʁ
nasalmnŋ

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Further reading