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The '''Irenesian languages''' are a large language family mainly spoken in Angai Asia. The Irenesian urheimat is thought to have been Taiwan.
The '''Irenesian languages''' are a large language family mainly spoken in Angai Asia. The Irenesian urheimat is thought to have been Taiwan.
== Todo ==
== Todo ==
== 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 (r in retroflexing environments)
* final nasal -> {{ng}}
* Non-final nasals stay put (n in PIr /rVn/ retroflexes)
* p, t stay put (t in PIr /rVt/ retroflexes)
=== Vowels ===
PIr ā ē ī ō ū -> PEK au ui a: ai ei?
Todo: lots of conditional vowel shifts
== Family tree ==
== Family tree ==
* Irenesian
* Irenesian

Revision as of 00:55, 16 June 2025

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

Todo

Family tree

  • Irenesian

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