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Not to be confused with Avendonian.

Aewedanoan
aewedanoa
Pronunciation	[aevedanoa]
Created by	IlL
Language family	Quame Aewedanoan
Early form	Proto-Quame
Writing system	Latin

Aewedanoan (Aewedanoa /aevedanoa/, from φen-gweθwaʀn-im-) is a Quame language inspired by Polynesian languages, Irish and Greek. It is native to Ulasahea and is an official language in parts of Talma and Northern Etalocin.

denasalize VN before C or #

Vocab

• ena' = "ditch" < PQ *wjénəqʷs 'water'
• 'awoaḍea = "stick" < PQ *kʷ'ondas, *kʷ'onday 'body'
• nāwhi = "world" < PQ *snākʷis 'homeland' (~ Naquian Nāquiz, Anbirese snae 'country')
• baero = tree
• weli = name
• whe = def article (~ Tigol in)
• deheno = little
• wedanoa = language
• ae- = self
• ho'o = river (~ Tigol soch)
• esi = segment (qesti-)
• asi = but (asti)

Diachronics

single j/s/intervocalic w loss; séimhiú single consonants like crazy (but syncope doesn't happen!) (Irish/Hebrew style séimhiú doesn't occur as a 1-step systematic sound change anywhere else in Tricin)

Loosely, "what if Irish didn't syncope"

• Intervocalically, the single consonants become:
  • p t T k q Kw b d ḍ g ɢ Gw p' t' !t' k' q' Kw' s w j l r m n → φ h/ø r h h wh b d ḍ g ' w p t ṭ k ' wh ø ø ø l r ø n
• Clusters simplify:
  • sφ st sT sk > s s h h
  • φs ts ks > s s s
  • rC > C, lC > C
  • ClV, CrV > CVlV, CVrV
  • an en in on un > ae ea ī oa ou
  • stop + nasal > ʔ + nasal > vowel RTR-ization + nasal

How do I get all 25 VV hiatus combinations?

PCel wesākos 'raven' would become weāho (the vowel hiatus also occurs in Scottish Gaelic fitheach)

Phonology

Phonotactics

Only glottal stops are allowed syllable- and word-finally.

Consonants

• n ṇ /n ɳ/
• p t ṭ k ' /p t ʈ k ʔ/
• b d ḍ g /b~(implosive b)~m d ɖ g/
• f s x h /f s x h/
• w wh z /v w z/
• r l /r l/

wh is pronounced /ʍ/ by older speakers.

Vowels

a e i o u ā ē ī ō ū /a e i o u a: e: i: o: u:/

Stress

Stress is always penultimate.

Grammar

Aewedanoan grammar is similar to Modern Windermere.

Nouns

Plurals are formed by reduplication, as in Roshterian.

• nāwhi 'heavenly body' > nāwhi-nāwhi 'heavenly bodies'
• whe Nāwhi = Tricin

Verbs

Verbs do not inflect at all. Preverbal particles are used, as in Windermere.