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*[[Pfeunic languages|Proto-Pfeunic]]
The '''Taba''' /tʰa˨pa˦/ language is a heavily tonal language of Kjàt Må̀. It evolved from a monosyllabic tonal language with more complex syllables by simplifying its phonemic inventory and phonotactics but not its tones.
**[[Wiebian]]
**[[Old Whetmer]]
***[[Whetmer]]
**[[Kjämstian]]
==Origins and name==
The name ''Pfeunic'' originates from the Pfeune River. The hydronym is of Unfinnish origin: Unfinnish {{recon|''pyyni''}} > Proto-Wiebian {{recon|''pfûni''}} > Wiebian ''Pfeune''. It is hypothesized to have been spoken 4000 HM years BP.
 
==Lexicon==
*''twaiþį'' - walk
*''hapį'' - eat
*''þrawį'' - sleep
*''kērį'' - bite
*''đeulį'' - drink
*''garm'' - heavy
*''halm'' - big
*''hastijō'' - wife
*''abjō'' - hair
*''wandō'' - body
*''ŧaiz(a)'' - bird
*''raiþ(a)'' - fire
*''behu'' - child
*''baiwizī'' (''Behre, Behren'') - tail
===Numbers===
*1: {{recon|''hwēm''}}
*2: {{recon|''þiɧōr''}}
*3: {{recon|''narg''}}
*4: {{recon|''đaup''}}
*5: {{recon|''sēliɧ''}}
*6: {{recon|''stōm''}}
*7: {{recon|''rōd''}}
*8: {{recon|''larit''}}
*9: {{recon|''parw''}}
*10: {{recon|''kijōr''}}
*100: {{recon|''þali''}}
*1000: {{recon|''said''}}
*10000: {{recon|''krōbi''}}
 
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
22 consonants.
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 700px; text-align: center;"
! colspan="2"|
! | Labial
! | Alveolar
! | Palatal
! | Co-articulated
! | Velar
! | Labiovelar
|-
! colspan="2" | Nasal
| '''m''' /m/
| '''n''' /n/
|
|
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! | <small>voiceless</small>
| '''p''' /p/
| '''t''' /t/
|
| '''ŧ''' /!/
| '''k''' /k/
| '''kw''' /kʷ/
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' /b/
| '''d''' /d/
|
| '''đ''' /ɡ!/
| '''g''' /ɡ/
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
! | <small>voiceless</small>
| '''f''' /f/
| '''þ''' /θ/ '''s''' /s/
|
| '''σ''' /ɧ/
| '''h''' /x/
| '''hw''' /xʷ/
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
|
| '''z''' /z/
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Trill
|
| '''r''' /r/
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Approximant
|
| '''l''' /l/
| '''j''' /j/
|
|
| '''w''' /w/
|}
 
===Vowels===
Lifted from Proto-Germanic.
 
==Nouns==
Unfinnish *püüni > Pfeune
===1st declension===
'''{{recon|eɧ}}''' 'voice'
===2nd declension===
'''hastijō''' 'wife' < {{recon|''qas-t-''}}? {{recon|''qas-d-''}}? 'partner' + ''-ijō'' 'some feminine suffix'
*nom: hastijō, hastijôr, hastijôz
*acc: hastijōn, hastijôr, hastijôz
*dat: hastijōz, hastijōnþi, hastijōnaz
 
===3rd declension===
'''{{recon|ɧīmī}}''' 'hand'
 
Singular
*nom: {{recon|ɧīmī}}
*acc: {{recon|ɧīmīz}}
*gen: {{recon|ɧīmī}}
*dat: {{recon|ɧīmīs}}
 
Plural:
*nom: {{recon|ɧīmainą}}
*acc: {{recon|ɧīmainą}}
*gen: {{recon|ɧīmaiz}}
*dat: {{recon|ɧīmainį}}
 
==Verbs==
===Athematic===
===Thematic===
 
[[Category:Pfeunic languages|*]][[Category:Proto-languages|P]][[Category:Pfeuno-K'aitian languages|P]]

Latest revision as of 16:39, 7 May 2023

The Taba /tʰa˨pa˦/ language is a heavily tonal language of Kjàt Må̀. It evolved from a monosyllabic tonal language with more complex syllables by simplifying its phonemic inventory and phonotactics but not its tones.

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