Feb05 –  A Constructed Language

Feb05 Historical Development

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Protolanguage Phonology

The protolanguage has 25 phonemes: 6 vowels and 19 consonants.

Protolanguage Vowels
  front central back
high i i - ɨ 1 - u u
low-mid - ɛ e - - - ɔ o -
low - a a - -

Protolanguage Consonants
  labial coronal dorsal guttural
nasal voiced m m - n n* - - ŋ n* - ɴ n* -
stop aspirated ph - th - - kh - qh -
voiceless p p - t t - - k k - q q ʔ '
voiced b b - d d - - g g - ɢ G -
fricative voiceless - - s s - - h h
rhotic voiced - - r r - - -
vocoid voiced - l l - - -

Protolanguage Syllables

The possible syllables are C(i)V(C|Y), YV(C|Y), and CY(C|Y).

Protolanguage Stress

The protolanguage stress is on ?

Sound Changes

At all stages, coda nasals tend to assimilate to the following non-glottal onsets.


1. ph, th, kh, qh > pʰ, tʰ, kʰ, qʰ
2. pʰ, tʰ, kʰ, qʰ > f, θ, x, χ
3. t, d, s > t͡s, d͡z, ɕ / __ i
k, g, x > t͡ɕ, d͡ʑ, ɕ / __ i
f & θ & h > ç / __ i
4. ɨ > u / i __ (C, #)
ɨ > i / u __ (C, #)
5. ɨ > u / __ Cu
ɨ > i / __ Ci
6. ni > ɲ / __ (V, Y)
i > j / (p, b, m) __ (V, Y)
ʔi, ʔu > j, w / __ V
7. i & u > 0 / C __ if unstressed
8. d͡z, d͡ʑ > z, ʑ
9. k, g, x > c, ɟ, ç
10. q, ɢ, χ > k, g, x
11. p, t, k, q > pʰ, tʰ, kʰ, qʰ
12. b, d, ɟ g, z, ʑ > p, t, c, k, s, ɕ / C[-Voc] __
b, d, ɟ g, z, ʑ > p, t, c, k, s, ɕ / __ C[-Voc]
13. p, t, c, k > p', t', c', k' / __ (C[+Obs], C[+Nas], #)
14. ɨi, ɨu, ɛi, ɛu, au, ɔu > iː, uː, eː, au, aː, oː
15. ʔ > 0 / V __ V
16. fh, θh, sh, ɕh, çh, xh > fː, θː, sː, ɕː, çː, xː
17. h > 0 / __ (C, #)

Morphosyntax

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