% pubman genre = article @article{item_3620942, title = {{Towards a new reconstruction of the Proto-Yeniseian sound system. Part II: Word-final consonants}}, author = {Hill, Eugen and Fries, Simon and Korobzow, Natalie and G{\"u}nther, Laura and Bonmann, Svenja}, language = {eng}, issn = {2589-8833}, doi = {10.1163/25898833-20240062}, publisher = {Brill}, year = {2024}, abstract = {{We present correspondence sets involving word-final consonants and including all known members of the Yeniseian language family. A systematic application of the Comparative Method to these data yields the following results: (I) three different correspondence sets and, accordingly, three different Proto-Yeniseian phonemes each must be assumed for both Southern Ket word-final -t and -l{\textquoteright}, (II) two different correspondence sets and, accordingly, two different Proto-Yeniseian phonemes must be assumed for Southern Ket word-final -s{\textquoteright}, (III) the data indicate that one of the two Proto-Yeniseian liquids/rhotics developed in a similar way in Kott, Arin and Pumpokol. We do not see evidence for the postulation of lateral affricates, retroflex sounds or labialised velars as assumed for Proto-Yeniseian by S. Starostin or E. J. Vajda on macro-comparative grounds. The Proto-Yeniseian phonological system that can be reconstructed using Yeniseian data alone is simpler than previously published reconstructions of the Proto-Yeniseian phoneme inventory.}}, journal = {{International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics}}, volume = {6}, number = {2}, pages = {216--293}, }