Verse:Mwail/Irenesian languages

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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.

Todo

Diachronics

Consonants

  • p' -> PEK mʶ
  • t' -> PEK tʶ
  • k' -> PEK kʶ
  • PIr l -> PEK ć
  • PIr y/g/hiatus breaker -> PEK y
  • PIr k -> PEK ç
  • PIr ng, r -> PEK 0
  • PIr s -> PEK x

Vowels

PIr ā ē ī ō ū -> PEK au ui a: ai ei?

Todo: lots of conditional vowel shifts

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