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'''Zzean''' /ˈθiːən/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language in the Akya-Woms family, spoken in Aem-Zmaə. It is head-final and SVO.
'''Zzean''' /ˈθiːən/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language in the Akya-Woms family, spoken in Aem-Zmaə.
== Proto-Zzeic ==
Proto-Zzeic was spoken 3000 years BP.
 
=== Todo ===
 
h₂aw-bʰorḱ 'enclosure' → Proto-Zzeic obʰroc → Late Old Zzean əvʰɣɑc → Middle Zzean vəjt → EModZz fi(breathy, final stop tone) → ModZz fi͇ (tone class is D2) 'house'
 
ḱobreb → PZz k.brɛb → kbəb → p'ʌb → pà (E3) ‘cost’
 
PZz ə → w
PZz i → Modern Zzean ⟨ey⟩
PZz e → i
PZz a → Modern Zzean ⟨wa⟩
PZz o → Modern Zzean ⟨a⟩
PZz u → ɨ → Modern Zzean /i/ ⟨i⟩
PZz ew → ea
PZz aw → ea
PZz ow → wa
PZz ej → ay
PZz aj → e
PZz oj → w
===Phonology===
====Vowels====
i ɨ u ə e o a ē ō ā ī ɨ­̄ ū əi əɨ əu aj aɨ au
 
→ Early Old Zzean e ə o ʌ ɛ ɔ a iə uə ɨə i ɨ u əi əɨ əu ai aɨ au
→ Late Old Zzean e ʌ o ɐ ə ɑ æ iə uə ɨə ɪ ə ʊ i ɨ u ai aɨ au
(Praveenize /ɛ/ → /ə/ → /ʌ/ → /ɑ/ → /æ/ → /iə/ and /u/ → /i/)
====Consonants====
 
=== Grammar ===
Proto-Zzeic switched to using Colloquial Welsh-like constructions using inherited verbal nouns.  Old finite verb forms were lost by the Proto-Zzeic stage.
 
=== Lexicon ===
* xjeʔ ‘1SG’ (From PAW disjunctive 1SG *h₂yeh₁); Zzean zhi̬
* PAW *sleh₃s → PZz *s-lō-s → Old Zzean *sluəs → lu(C2) → lŵ 'to sit’
* h₂aw-bʰorḱ 'enclosure' → Proto-Zzeic obʰroc → Late Old Zzean əvʰɣɑc → Middle Zzean vəjt → EModZz fi(breathy, final stop tone) → ModZz fi͇ (tone class is D2) 'house'
* ḱobreb → PZz k.brɛb → kbəw → p'ʌw → pà (E3) ‘to buy'
* roy ‘in’ → PZz s-roj → rrw̖y ‘interior’
* bʰetr → PZz bʰēr → PZz bʰiən → piən (A2) → piw (A2) → pe̖a ‘(higher register) in (postposition)’; → dialectal pjuː → thw̖ ‘at (postposition)’

Latest revision as of 02:36, 29 November 2024

Zzean /ˈθiːən/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language in the Akya-Woms family, spoken in Aem-Zmaə.

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