Proto-Goblin language

The Proto-Goblin language was the common ancestor of all the Goblin languages, therefore was spoken by all Goblins before one point.

Consonants
The Proto-Goblin language had 14 consonant phonemes.

Not all of the consonants could appear in all positions:
 * were either lamino-alveolar or denti-alveolar
 * were apico-alveolar . could have also been possibly uvular
 * was alveolo-palatal
 * could only appear between two vowels in native vocabulary. It could also appear word-initially in loanwords.
 * could appear in all positions, except word-initially. Not even in loanwords could it appear word-initially.
 * Word-initial consonant clusters were not tolerated.
 * Vowel clusters were not tolerated, and were broken up by an epenthetic in loanwords. The only exceptions were clusters that start with or end with,  or , which were converted into diphthongs.

Vowels
The Proto-Goblin language only had 5 vowel phonemes and 12 dipthongs, no vowel length distintion, no gemination, no tones.

Monophthongs

 * were true mid

Grammar
Proto-Goblin was an SOV, accusative language characterized by an extensive use of prepositions and near absence of postpositions.