Verse:Mwail/Irenesian languages

The Irenesian languages are a large language family mainly spoken in Angai Asia. The Irenesian urheimat is thought to have been Taiwan.

Diachronics

Consonants

• p' -> PEK mʶ
• t' -> PEK tʶ
• k' -> PEK q
• PIr l -> PEK ć
• PIr y/g/hiatus breaker -> PEK y
• PIr k -> PEK ç
• PIr ng, r -> PEK 0
• PIr s -> PEK χ
• PIr b/w -> PEK β
• PIr d -> ð
• final nasal -> ŋ
• Non-final nasals stay put
• p, t stay put

Vowels

PIr ā ē ī ō ū -> PEK au ui a: ai ei?

Todo: lots of conditional vowel shifts

Family tree

• Irenesian
  • Erno-Kawenic
    • Kawenic
    • Ernic
      • Ernish (Auzinim /ɐʉʐɪnɪm/): One main language of the Angaian Enlightenment
      • Whyastian (Hwiwjaosdia /fivjaostia/)
  • Dhasrawitic
    • Lhabhdweni
    • Dhasrawita
  • Hirbic
    • Len!ir

Phonology

p p' b t t' d k k' g m n ŋ l r w y s a e i o u ā ē ī ō ū

s is retracted