As a common intermediate stage, it is possible to reconstruct depalatalized affricates: *c, *dz. (This coincides with the state of affairs in the neighboring Nuristani languages.) A further complication however concerns the consonant clusters *ćw and *dźw:
"" "*" "" "*" "" "*" "" "*" "" "*" "" "*" "" "*" "" "*" "" "*" "" "*" "" * "" "*" "" * "" "*" "" * "" "" * "" * "" "*" "*" "" * "" * "" "*" "*" "*" "*" "*" "*" "*" * "" * * "" * "" * "" * * "" * "" * * "" * * "" * * "" * * * "" "* * * * *" "" * * * * * "" "* * * * * *" "" * * * * * * * * "" * * * * * * * * * * * * *
consonant clusters