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*''nsaati'' = tree | *''nsaati'' = tree | ||
**Tsjoen ''zaet'' /zɛt/, Wiobian ''Nßäht'' /ⁿzɛːt/ | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== |
Revision as of 01:44, 8 February 2018
Proto-Wiobic is the common ancestor of Tsjoen and Wiobian, as well as other Wiobic languages.
Todo
- nsaati = tree
- Tsjoen zaet /zɛt/, Wiobian Nßäht /ⁿzɛːt/
Phonology
Consonants
Virtually identical to Wiobian
Labial | Alveolar | Medial | Velar | Lab.vel. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ň /ɲ/ | ng /ŋ/ | ||
Plosive | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | ť /c/ | k /k/ | kw /kʷ/ |
prenasalized | mp /ᵐb/ | nt /ⁿd/ | ňť /ᶮɟ/ | nk /ᵑg/ | nkw /ᵑgʷ/ | |
voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | ď /ɟ/ | g /g/ | ||
Fricative | plain | f /f/ | s /s/ þ /θ/ |
š /ç/ | h /x/ | hw /ʍ/ |
prenasalized | mf /ᵐv/ | ns /ⁿz/ | ||||
Liquid | r /r/; l /l/ | ř /ɹ/ | ||||
Approximant | j /j/ | w /w/ |
Vowels
Fewer vowels than modern Wiobian or Tsjoen; vowel length was contrastive, as in Proto-Germanic.
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i ii | u uu | |
Mid | e ee | o oo | |
Open | a aa |
There were also six diphthongs, ai au ia ua eu iu.
Phonotactics
The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C). In addition, clusters of two consonants are allowed word-finally.
There are virtually no restrictions on consonant clusters, except:
- An obstruent may not follow a nasal.
Proto-Wiobic to Tsjoen
- prenasalized stops → voiced stops; -mp -nt ... > -mb -nd ... word finally
- similarly, mf ns > v z
- þ > t
- ť ď > ts z
- ň > j
- ř > zj for sure
- š > sj?
- Initial ng- > 0-
get both broad-slender and umlaut like I did with Varquun > Tsjoen
Proto-Wiobic to Wiobian
Umlaut and syncope (flesh out), mostly