Proto-Norlokian language

The Proto-Norlokian language - also known as Old Gnomish - was the common ancestor of all Old Dwarven and Old Halfling.

Phonology
The Proto-Norlokian language had a rather complex phonology - the language had seven phonemic monophthongs and four diphthongs  - it is not known if they were coloured and mutated by surrounding consonants like in the successor languages. Consonants came in opposing pairs of slender (palatalized) and broad (velarized). The only peculiarity is the case of the pair, with the broad equivalent of the palatal approximant being the glottal stop (or slender equivalent of the glottal stop being the palatal approximant).