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Reconstructed Proto-Yigó words

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Numbers

Old Yéshvwae Krenu Azarūra-Geruriza (Азарюра-Геруриза)
*sy₁unēgy₁a; "one" shunēj /ʃune:ʝ/ siunige /sjunige/ > /ʃunijɛ/ sunyega (сунега) /sunjega/
*zy₁osw₁ay₃ae; "two" zhofyeh /ʒoɸjə/ ziosue /zjoswe/ > /ʒɔzwɛ/ zosaja (зосажа) /zosaʝa/
*nw₁āny₁irtʰ; "three" mangiltʰ /maŋiltʰ/ nunirt /nuniɾt/ > /nuniɾt/ nyanirth (нянирþ) /njaniɾθ/
*nolâegy₁e; "four" nolāeje /nolæ:ʝe/ nolegi /nolegi/ > /nɔlɛji/ nolyage (нолягэ) /noljage/
*gy₁ūzw₁a; "five" jūv /ʝu:β/ giuzo /gjuzo/ > /juzɔ/ gyuza (гюза) /gjuza/
*zy₁iny₂âe; "ten" zhinyāe /ʒinjæ:/ zini /zini/ > /ʒini/ zinya (зиня) /zinja/


Pronouns and Important Morphemes

Old Yéshvwae Krenu Azarūra-Geruriza (Азарюра-Геруриза)
*enw₁a; "I/me" em /em/ eno /eno/ > /ɛnɔ/ эна (ena) /ena/
*w₂iky₁ae; "you" wiceh /wiçə/ uike /wike/ > /wije/ вика (vika) /βika/
*ny₁āez; "he/him, she/her, they/them, it" (i.e. any singular 3rd person pronoun) ngaez /ŋæz/ niz /niz/ > /niz/ няз (nyaz) /njaz/
*nāny₁a; "many" nang /naŋ/; nan- (plural prefix) none /none/ > /nɔnɛ/; none- (plural prefix) няна (nyana) /nanja/
*gʰeus; "trio" gʰeus- /gʰews/ (trial prefix) gus /gus/ > /gus/ (paucal adjective) gэус (gheus) /ɣews/ "group"
*nw₁āky₁a; (derivative suffix) mac /maç/ nuke /nuke/ > /nujɛ/ няка (nyaka) /njaka/