User:Ceige/Japonic experiments - Revision history

Ceige: /* Test Grammar */

2018-01-08T09:42:09Z

Test Grammar

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 * wǝ- = abstract, indefínitive?
 * i- = locative, defínitive?
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 Cf. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proto-Bantu_language#Noun_classes This table on Wikipedia and its qualifying notes, esp. RE the semantics]

Ceige: /* Test Grammar */

2018-01-08T09:32:44Z

Test Grammar

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	== Test Grammar ==		== Test Grammar ==
	=== Classes ===		=== Classes ===
			* mǝ- = locative-y, indirect
			* nǝ- = things
			* kǝ- = approximative, manner
			* pa- = locative
			* wǝ- = abstract, indefínitive?
			* i- = locative, defínitive?


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	! Number		! Number
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	\| ''*lʊ-''		\| ''*lʊ-''
	\| ''*dʊ-''		\| ''*dʊ-''
	\| ~~nǝi~~-		\| nǝ-
	\| Abstract nouns		\| Abstract nouns
	\|-		\|-

Ceige at 09:17, 8 January 2018

2018-01-08T09:17:09Z

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Ceige at 09:02, 8 January 2018

2018-01-08T09:02:14Z

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			= Bantu Bants =
	== Convenient Consonant Mappings ==		== Convenient Consonant Mappings ==
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	== Cool Phonological Laws ==		== Cool Phonological Laws ==
			=== Both ===
			* CV except for prenasalised consonants
			* Both are bitonic

			=== Bantu ===
			* Prenasalised voiceless plosives are rarer than voiced
			* Prenasalised consonants can appear at the start of an utterance.
	=== Japonic ===		=== Japonic ===
	''Sources include: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Japanese#Restrictions WP:Old Japanese#Restrictions]''		''Sources include: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Japanese#Restrictions WP:Old Japanese#Restrictions]''
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	* "A bare vowel does not occur except for word-initially: vowel sequences were not permitted." (WP 2018)		* "A bare vowel does not occur except for word-initially: vowel sequences were not permitted." (WP 2018)
	* "Arisaka's Law states that -o2 is generally not found in the same morpheme as -a, -o1 or -u." (WP 2018)		* "Arisaka's Law states that -o2 is generally not found in the same morpheme as -a, -o1 or -u." (WP 2018)
	* ~~Also~~ Japanese vowel devoicing (especially for closed vowels /i/ and /u/)		* Japanese vowel devoicing (especially for closed vowels /i/ and /u/)
			* Rendaku & Lyman's law, which prevents more than one voiced obstruent per morpheme (but not in the compound as a whole). <!-- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rendaku -->

Ceige: Begun const/vowel tables

2018-01-08T08:50:44Z

Begun const/vowel tables

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== Convenient Consonant Mappings ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Bantu
| rowspan = "13" | ⇒
! colspan="2" | Japonic
|-
! Grapheme !! Phoneme
! Grapheme !! Phoneme
|-
| m || m
| m || m 
|-
| p || p
| p || p
|-
| b || β
| w || ɰᵝ
|-
| n || n
| n || n
|-
| t || t
| t || t
|-
| d || d~l
| r || ɺ
|-
| ɲ || ɲ
| n || n
|-
| c || c
| s || s
|-
| j || j
| j || j
|-
| k || k
| k || k
|-
| g || ɣ
| ∅ || ∅
|}

== Less Convenient Vowel Mappings ==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! colspan="2" | Bantu
| rowspan = "10" | ⇒
! colspan="2" | Japonic
|-
! Vowel !! Allophone
! Vowel !! Descendant
|-
| i || i
| i, ui, ǝi || i, i₂
|-
| ɪ || e
| ai, ǝi || e₂ 
|-
| e || ɛ
| ia, iǝ || e₁
|-
| a || a
| a || a
|-
| u || u
| u || u (ɯᵝ ?)
|-
| ʊ || o
| ǝ || o₂
|-
| o || ɔ
| ua, uǝ || o₁
|}

== Cool Phonological Laws ==
=== Japonic ===
''Sources include: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Japanese#Restrictions WP:Old Japanese#Restrictions]''
* "Words do not begin with r or the voiced plosives b, d, z and g, with the exception of a few loanwords." (WP 2018)
* "A bare vowel does not occur except for word-initially: vowel sequences were not permitted." (WP 2018)
* "Arisaka's Law states that -o2 is generally not found in the same morpheme as -a, -o1 or -u." (WP 2018)
* Also Japanese vowel devoicing (especially for closed vowels /i/ and /u/)