- Source: Proto-East-Cushitic language
Proto-East-Cushitic is the reconstructed proto-language common ancestor of the Eastern branch of the Cushitic language family. Its words and roots are not directly attested in any written works, but have been reconstructed through the comparative method, which finds systematic regularities between languages not explained by coincidence or word-borrowing, and extrapolates ancient forms from these similarities.
Phonology
= Consonants
=An initial reconstruction of the Proto-East-Cushitic consonants was proposed by Hans-Jürgen Sasse.
= Vowels
=Sasse assumes a five-quality vowel system with a length distinction:
Morphology
= Pronouns
=David Appleyard reconstructs the Proto-East-Cushitic personal pronouns as follows: