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== Diachronics ==
== 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)
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)
vowels are very conservative relative to Proto-Eta-Talmic


Loosely, "what if Irish didn't syncope"
Loosely, "what if Irish didn't syncope"

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Aewehāne
Aewehāne
Pronunciation[aeveha:ne]
Created byIlL
Quame
  • Aewehāne
Early form
Proto-Quame
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Aewehāne (whe Aewehāne /we aeveha:ne/, from φan-gwetwaʀnoi 'self-language') is a Quame language inspired by Polynesian languages, Irish and Greek. It is native to Ualāho whe Sāwea /ualaho we sa:vea/ (uslākos φin- stāmeis) 'Home of the Six' and is an official language in parts of Talma and Northern Etalocin.

should have uncannily Eevo like words (PTal > Eevo has séimhiú)

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
  • wehāne = 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)

vowels are very conservative relative to Proto-Eta-Talmic

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 → ø 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
    • s + voiced stop > z
    • 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

Aewehāne 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.