Proto-Yeniseian language

Proto-Yeniseian or Proto-Yeniseic is the unattested reconstructed proto-language from which all Yeniseian languages are thought to descend from. It is uncertain whether Proto-Yeniseian had a similar tone/pitch accent system as Ket. Many studies about Proto-Yeniseian phonology have been done, however there are still many things unclear about Proto-Yeniseian. The probable location of the Yeniseian homeland is proposed on the basis of geographic names and genetic studies, which suggests a homeland in Southern Siberia.

Phonology
According to Vajda, Proto-Yeniseian had the following phonemes, expressed in IPA symbols.

Vocabulary

 * *xuɬ ‘water’
 * *xuše ‘birch tree’
 * *am ‘mother’
 * *ejn ‘wedge’
 * *qed ‘man’
 * *bes ‘rabbit’
 * *don ‘knife’
 * *kus ‘horse’
 * *pub ‘son’
 * *bus ‘penis’
 * *satʳ ‘crucian (fish)’
 * *baŋ ‘land’
 * *tijk ‘snow’
 * *bejx ‘wind’
 * *tɬiwdʳ ‘lard’, ‘oil’
 * *ɬaɢa ‘star’