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'''Proto-Trans-Sarnathian''' was spoken 3000-4000 years BP. The family is inspired by Sino-Tibetan and Athabaskan.
'''Old Qua''' or '''Ker''' (natively /kəʁ kʼrip/ 'Ker speech') is spoken in Angai's British Isles, contemporaneously with Classical Thean.


Fortunately for [[Verse:Angai|Angai]]an historical linguists, extremely conservative relatives of Thean within the Trans-Sarnathian branch are spoken in highly mountainous areas. They allow much of Proto-Trans-Sarnathian to be reconstructed.
Qua has a history similar to Hmong (stop finals are lost) but takes it a step further (nasal vowels are denasalized)


(Proto-languages are reconstructed in-universe, but this article takes the [https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WordOfGod Word of God] point of view unless specified otherwise. In particular, only in-universe reconstructions are indicated with an asterisk.)
== Gibberish ==
== Tree ==
<poem>
* Proto-Trans-Sarnathian
glips ˀɲat mij wrək,
** [[Old Thean]] (Proto-Theic)
d̼ap kroj d̼ij ˀɲrək,
*** [[Shei²¹A¹¹Mi³⁵]] (Monosyllabic  Navajo, kinda)
d̼lomʔ pə pot-pit,
*** [[Middle Thean]]
θ̼lənʔ tsrəts ɕijs daʁʔ d̼ək
**** Modern [[Thean]] (Loosely mono-Gwich'in)
</poem>


== Todo ==
== Phonology ==
== Proto-Trans-Sarnathian phonology ==
=== Preinitial ===
=== Vowels ===
ʔə is the only preinitial (not counting zero)
* Short vowels /i u e o a/
=== Initials ===
* Long vowels /i: u: e: o: a:/
p t̼ t ts c k ʔ
b d̼ d dz ɟ g
pʼ t̼ʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ
m n̼ n ɲ
ˀm ˀn̼ ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ
ʰm ʰn̼ ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ
w j
ˀw ˀj
ʰw ʰj
θ̼ θ s ɕ h


=== Consonants ===
=== Medials ===
* /m n l r/
j? l r
* /t ts̠ c k kʷ q qʷ ʔ/
* /dʰ dz̠ʰ ɟʰ gʰ gʷʰ ɢʰ ɢʷʰ/
* /tʼ ts̠ʼ cʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ/
* /s̠ ç x xʷ χ χʷ/
* /z̠ ɣ ɣʷ ʁ ʁʷ/
* /j w/


=== Stress ===
=== Nuclei ===
Word-final
a i ə o


=== Release ===
=== Finals ===
Certain (non-resonant) final consonants and clusters have audible release, whereas others are unreleased.
p t k m n ŋ w j ʁ
==== Released ====
All obst-obst clusters


All ejectives (but safe to assume single ejectives can become unreleased)
=== Postfinals ===
-ʔ -s


==== Unreleased ====
== Syntax ==
All single non-ejective final stops
Steal from Old Chinese

Latest revision as of 00:36, 24 June 2025

Old Qua or Ker (natively /kəʁ kʼrip/ 'Ker speech') is spoken in Angai's British Isles, contemporaneously with Classical Thean.

Qua has a history similar to Hmong (stop finals are lost) but takes it a step further (nasal vowels are denasalized)

Gibberish

glips ˀɲat mij wrək,
d̼ap kroj d̼ij ˀɲrək,
d̼lomʔ pə pot-pit,
θ̼lənʔ tsrəts ɕijs daʁʔ d̼ək

Phonology

Preinitial

ʔə is the only preinitial (not counting zero)

Initials

p t̼ t ts c k ʔ b d̼ d dz ɟ g pʼ t̼ʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ m n̼ n ɲ ˀm ˀn̼ ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ ʰm ʰn̼ ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ w j ˀw ˀj ʰw ʰj θ̼ θ s ɕ h

Medials

j? l r

Nuclei

a i ə o

Finals

p t k m n ŋ w j ʁ

Postfinals

-ʔ -s

Syntax

Steal from Old Chinese

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