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Ceige: /* Salient Examples */

2017-12-21T04:07:51Z

Salient Examples

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	* Christian -> kirsan		* Christian -> kirsan
	* England -> Inan – ''Presumably Iran > Inon''		* England -> Inan – ''Presumably Iran > Inon''
	* Britain -> Pirten, Birten <!--(Bintai < Britannia with -rt- dissimilation; also possible: Yuke(i))--> <!-- nation > net or nehen > nen? -->		* Britain -> Pirten, Birten <!--(Bintai < Britannia with -rt- dissimilation; also possible: Yuke(i))--> <!-- nation > net or nehen > nen? Merge with -land or -> nai? Yi-nai? -->
	* Rabbit -> abi, nabi (bunny > bai?)		* Rabbit -> abi, nabi (bunny > bai?)

Ceige: /* Consonants */

2017-12-21T04:05:57Z

Consonants

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	* p (b) t k (*g)		* p (b) t k (*g)
	''/b/ might only be allowed in VCV situations. Not sure if /g/ is allowed too. Likely heavy restrictions on their occurrence.''		''/b/ might only be allowed in VCV situations. Not sure if /g/ is allowed too. Likely heavy restrictions on their occurrence.''

	''This would leave /t/ the sole plosive for its POA, which is explainable by the /t/ /d/ merger of English'. Dento-alveolars are also better represented elsewhere (fricatives and liquids)''		''This would leave /t/ the sole plosive for its POA, which is explainable by the /t/ /d/ merger of English'. Dento-alveolars are also better represented elsewhere (fricatives and liquids)''

			''/t/ may change to palato-alveolar in the environment of /i/, and from there it is tempting to mirror Japanese.''

	====Fricatives====		====Fricatives====

Ceige: /* Vocabulary */

2017-12-21T04:04:35Z

Vocabulary

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	* Christian -> kirsan		* Christian -> kirsan
	* England -> Inan – ''Presumably Iran > Inon''		* England -> Inan – ''Presumably Iran > Inon''
	* Britain -> Pirten, Birten		* Britain -> Pirten, Birten <!--(Bintai < Britannia with -rt- dissimilation; also possible: Yuke(i))--> <!-- nation > net or nehen > nen? -->
	* Rabbit -> abi, nabi (bunny > bai?)		* Rabbit -> abi, nabi (bunny > bai?)

	====Obscure Examples====		====Obscure Examples====
	* sai (confident affirmative) < "safe to say", "savvy".		* sai (confident affirmative) < "safe to say", "savvy".
	* kai (plural marker) < "guys"		* kai (plural marker) < "guys" (-> mikai, yukai<!--enkai, tenkai-->)
			* niti<!--~nichi~nuchi--> (free, freedom) <!--< nibiti -->< "liberty"

			===Sino-Xenic loans===
			* dai (big) cf. Jp. dai <!-- da, dai -->
			* hak (school) cf. Jp. gaku <!-- hak ~ hok, gaku?-->
			* daihak (university) cf. Jp. daigaku

Ceige: Jotting down sketch

2017-12-21T03:52:35Z

Jotting down sketch

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==Introduction==
Influences include:
* Kiritimati (Christmas Island ala Kiribati)
* Japanese & Ainu
* Austronesian 

Examples:
* Christmas > kirmat　｜　きりまっ、待
* Christian > kirsan　｜　きりさん、〜様
* Merry > mei, mai　｜　めい、まい、美

==Sound Changes==
* CLV > CVr
* -VF > -VP

==Phonology==
===Consonants===
====Plosives====
* p (b) t k (*g)
''/b/ might only be allowed in VCV situations. Not sure if /g/ is allowed too. Likely heavy restrictions on their occurrence.''
''This would leave /t/ the sole plosive for its POA, which is explainable by the /t/ /d/ merger of English'. Dento-alveolars are also better represented elsewhere (fricatives and liquids)''

====Fricatives====
* (f) s h
''/f/ might only be allowed in Cu situations''

====Sonorants====
* m n y w r
''/n/ is the only nasal allowed at the end of a syllable, leaving /m/ to join /w/ and /y/ as syllable-initial consonants only. In contrast, /r/ yields to /n/ or /Ø/ word initially.''

===Vowels===
* a e i o u
* ai, au, ei, *ou
''/ou/ is exceedingly rare, if even possible. /ei/ is increasingly marginalised by some speakers and can merge with /ai/ - for others, /ei/ survives.''
''/au/ is often realised as [äo] or [ao], and /ai/ sometimes as [äɪ], [ɑɪ] or [ɑj]. This has led to the suggestion that /au/ be replaced with /ao/ and written as such, without mirroring that with <ae>''

==Vocabulary==
===Western Loans===
====Salient Examples====
* Christmas -> kirmat
* Christian -> kirsan
* England -> Inan – ''Presumably Iran > Inon''
* Britain -> Pirten, Birten
* Rabbit -> abi, nabi (bunny > bai?)

====Obscure Examples====
* sai (confident affirmative) < "safe to say", "savvy".
* kai (plural marker) < "guys"