Table 2 Correspondences between Proto-Takanan, Proto-Pano, and Shipibo.

From: Cognate reflex prediction as hypothesis test for a genealogical relation between the Panoan and Takanan language families

Proto-Takana

Proto-Pano

Shipibo-Konibo

Comment

a

a

a

 

⌃a

a | hi

a | hi

/hi/ only occurs in word-initial position

u

o

o

 

o

o

o

 

i

i | ɨ

i | ɨ

 

e

ɨ

ɨ

 

+

-

-

Morpheme separator

b

β

β

 

d

r

n

 

ɽ

r

n

Based on Girard16

r

n

n

word-finally sometimes dropped in Shipibo-Konibo

w

ɽ

ɽ

 

kw

kw | w

k | w

 

k

k

k

 

p

p

p

 

m

m

m

 

n

n

n

 

ʈ ʂ

Ê‚

Ê‚

 

t

t | ts

t | ts | tʃ

 

ʃ

s

s

 

z

ʃ

ʃ

Based on Girard, who gives only one example

s

s

s

Based on Girard, who gives no examples

j

s

s

Girard adds reflects /Ê‚, ts/ without examples

Ê”

Ê”

Ê”

 
  1. Segments in brackets separated by pipes display one-to-many correspondences, with the most frequent reflex presented first.