Jan24 –  A Constructed Language

Jan24 Historical Development

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Protolanguage

The protolanguage has only 13 phonemes: 3 vowels and 10 consonants.

Protolanguage Vowels
  front central back
high-lax ɪ *e - -
low-mid - - ʌ *o
low a *a - -

Protolanguage Consonants
  labial coronal dorsal guttural
stop voiceless p *p - t *t - - k *k - - ʔ *'
nasal voiced - n *n - - -
fricative voiceless - θ *h - - -
vocoid voiced - l *l - j *y - w *w ʕ *r -

Sound Changes


* θ > s / __ ʔ
θ > s / ʔ __
* θ > h

* j, w, ʕ > i, u, ɑ / __ (p, t, k, ʔ, h, n, l, #)
* j, w, ʕ > i, u, ɑ / __ (j, w, ʕ)
* ʕ > ʀ

* ph, th, kh > f, s, x
* x > ʃ / __ i
x > ʃ / i __
* tj, sj > t͡s, ʃ
kj, xj > t͡ʃ, ʃ
hj, hw, hʀ, hl > ʃ, f, χ, ɬ
tl, sl > t͡ɬ, ɬ:
* x > χ
* nj, nw, nʀ > ɲ, m, ŋ

* ʔp, ʔt, ʔk, ʔt͡s, ʔt͡ʃ > p:, t:, k:, t:͡s, t:͡ʃ
* hf, hs, hʃ, hχ > f:, s:, ʃ:, χ:

* n > m / __ (p, m, l)
n > ŋ / __ (k, ŋ)
n > ɲ / __ ɲ
* n > m / (t, s, l) __

* p, t, k, t͡s, t͡ʃ > b, d, g, d͡z, d͡ʒ / V __ (V, j, w, ʀ, l)

* ɪi, ɪu, ɪɑ > i:, u:, e:
ʌi, ʌu, ʌɑ > ɔi, ɛu, o:
ʌ, ɑ > ɔ, a
ɪ > ɛ / (CC, C:, C#) __
ɪ > ɛ / __ (CC, C:, C#)
* ɪ > 0

* p:, t:, k:, t:͡s, t:͡ʃ > p, t, k, t͡s, t͡ʃ

* ʀ > r / (k, g, χ)

page started: 2015.Jan.31 Sat
current date: 2015.Jan.31 Sat
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