Ranic languages

Dodellic
Created by	–
Geographic distribution	Etalocin
Linguistic classification	One of Tricin's primary language families
Proto-language	Proto-Dodellic

The Dodellic languages are a family of minority languages mostly spoken in Dodellia.

Languages

• Dodellian (Feynman Italian gib)
• pseudo-Eesti/Korean ("Korestoni"?)
• pseudo-Polynesian languages
  • Some vowel inventories (possibly with length): a e i o; a e o; a i o; e i o u (as in arapaho); a eo i eu u
  • Tūpu Kaʔīnu: p t k b d ʔ; a i u ā ī ū
  • Noun class systems like Caucasian languages

Proto-Dodellic phonology

Dodellian + some extra consonants + eo/eu

Consonants

p t k q b d s m n l r y /p t k kw b d s m n l r j/

sl zl nl /ɬ ɮ nl/

Allowed initial clusters: pr tr kr

Allowed medial clusters: py ty ky ry ly my ny nly mp nt nk nkw

Vowels

a i o u e ı /a i o u e~ə ı/

Reflexes

Dodellian

k > ch, qe > te

pr tr kr > br dr r

py ty ky ry ly my ny nly mp nt nk nq > tt zz tt rr ll m nd l mp nt nt nc/nt/nqu

sl -> s initially, lt medially

zl -> ch initially, ld medially

nl > n initially, ln medially

a i o e u eu > a i o e u a?

Arabic/LP

a i o u e ı > /a i u u a i/

kw > '; s, k > k; r, l > d, m, n > b, d, y > '

mp nt nk nkw > pp tt kk ʔʔ

VCy > V:C

Lexicon

• tupyo = to speak (Dod. tuzzo, tūpu in the Lakes Plain gib)
• atı = 1 (Dod ata, LP gib ati)
• epı = 2 (Dod epa, LP gib api)
• mi, ki, ti = 1sg, 1+2du, 2sg (Dod mi, chi, ti; LP gib mi, ki, ti)
• qe = also, too
• qenya = language? cipher? (Dodellian tenda 'letter', LP gib ʔāna)