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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 φan-gwetwaʀn-im- with random voicing of t to d) is a Quame language inspired by Polynesian languages, Irish and Greek. It is native to Ula Sāwea 'House of the Six' and is an official language in parts of Talma and Northern Etalocin.

denasalize VN before C or #

Vocab

• enaʻ = "ditch" < PQ *wjénəqʷs 'water'
• ʻawoaḍea = "stick" < PQ *kʷ'ondas, *kʷ'onday 'body'
• nāwhi = "world" < PQ *snākʷis 'homeland' (~ Naquian Nāquiz, Anbirese snae 'country')
• waero = tree
• weli = name
• whe = def article (~ Tigol in)
• deheno = little
• wedanoa = language
• ae- = self
• hoʻo = river (~ Tigol soch)
• ʻesi = 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 ʻ w p t ṭ k ʻ 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
  • some ClV, CrV > CVlV, CVrV; but other Cl Cr simplify to l r
  • an en in on un > ae ea ī oa ou
  • stop + nasal > ʔ + nasal > vowel RTR-ization + nasal
• All final consonants disappear, but sometimes they leave a trace as diphthongization

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.