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| name = Etzeá | | name = Etzeá | ||
| nativename = etzeá | | nativename = etzeá | ||
| pronunciation = | | pronunciation =ed͡zeɑ | ||
| creator = User:Jukethatbox | | creator = User:Jukethatbox | ||
| created = 2023 | | created = 2023 | ||
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| fam2 = Etzeic(?) | | fam2 = Etzeic(?) | ||
| state = Etzeán Island | | state = Etzeán Island | ||
| ancestor1 = [[Proto-Yeldhic]] | |||
| ancestor2 = Proto-Etzeic(?) | |||
| stand1 = Etzeá Standard | | stand1 = Etzeá Standard | ||
| dia1 = Duzuyel-Nyimörs dialects | | dia1 = Duzuyel-Nyimörs dialects | ||
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'''Etzeá'''(''etzeá''; [[Help:IPA|[ed͡zeɑ]]]) is the secondary language spoken on the island of Etzeán within the Moshurian Empire. | '''Etzeá'''(''etzeá''; [[Help:IPA|[ed͡zeɑ]]]) is the secondary language spoken on the island of Etzeán within the Moshurian Empire. | ||
Philologically speaking, it is the closest living relative to [[Proto-Yeldhic]] in the Yeldhic language family, making the language a key contributor in modern reconstructions of Early Proto-Yeldhic. | |||
==History== | ==History== | ||
===Etymology=== | ===Etymology=== | ||
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! Close | ! Close | ||
| i || || u | | i iː || || u uː | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Close-mid | ! Close-mid | ||
| e || || o | | e eː || || o oː | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Open-mid | ! Open-mid | ||
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! Open | ! Open | ||
| || a || ɑ | | || a aː || ɑ | ||
|} | |} | ||
/ɑ/, /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ are shown by the letters ⟨á⟩, ⟨é⟩ and ⟨ó⟩ respectively. | /ɑ/, /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ are shown by the letters ⟨á⟩, ⟨é⟩ and ⟨ó⟩ respectively. Long vowels are represented by circumflexes, as in ⟨â, ê, î, ô, û⟩ for /aː eː iː oː uː/ respectively. | ||
All Proto-Yeldhic vowels are preserved in Etzeá, except ''*é'' which merged with /e/. | All Proto-Yeldhic vowels, including long vowels, are preserved in Etzeá, except ''*é'' which merged with /e/. | ||
===Prosody=== | ===Prosody=== |
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