Taba

• Proto-Pfeunic
  • Proto-South Pfeunic
    • Wiebian
    • Old Whetmerish
      • Whetmerish
  • Sam-I-Am

Origins and name

The name Pfeunic originates from the Pfeune River. The hydronym is of Unfinnish origin: Unfinnish *pyyni > Proto-Wiebian *pfûni > Wiebian Pfeune.

Lexicon

• twaiþį - walk
• hapį - eat
• þrawį - sleep
• kērį - bite
• đeulį - drink
• garm - heavy
• halm - big
• hastijō - wife
• abjō - hair
• wandō - body

Numbers

• 1: *hwēm
• 2: *þiɧōr
• 3: *narg
• 4: *đaup
• 5: *sēliɧ
• 6: *stōm
• 7: *rōd
• 8: *larit
• 9: *parw
• 10: *kijōr
• 100: *þali
• 1000: *said
• 10000: *krōbi

Phonology

Clickelvish gib / Elvish-PGmc hybrid

Notes

actually just gonna go ahead and say p p' b > f p b (grimm's law with glottalic pie)
actually p p' b > ph /pʰ/ p b
that's proto-pfiunic
actually should pʰ > f?
that's still elvish
f p b
PQuame:
m n
p t k kʷ q qʷ ʔ
b d g gʷ ɢ ɢʷ
pʼ tʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ
s ł h
z λ
c ƛ
cʼ ƛʼ
y w
r l
But first uvulars disappear:
actually no
uvulars don't vanish
10 will be kior
in AW
uvulars merge with velars
m n
p t k kʷ ʔ
b d g gʷ
pʼ tʼ kʼ kʷʼ
s ł h
z λ
c ƛ
cʼ ƛʼ
y w
r l
be- will be cognate to ui- in Naquian and bi- in Themsarian
does that make Themsarian too Germanic?
bi- will be an applicative in Themsarian
then, Grimm's law
m n
f þ x xʷ ʔ
b d g gʷ
p t k kʷ
s ł h
z λ
c ƛ
y w
r l
Laterals turn into click-type sounds
m n
f þ x xʷ ʔ
b d g gʷ
p t k kʷ
s ɧ h
z đ
c ŧ
j w
r l
what to do with s z c?
s > h (like in Talsmic)?
c > s
uhh
actually h should disappear first
c merges to s
so should the glottal stop
causing vowel lenthening
should i have tones in PPfiun?
pre-pfiun
they will trigger verner's law
So I have
m n
b d đ g gʷ
p t ŧ k kʷ
f þ ɧ x xʷ
s z
r l j w

Consonants

24 consonants.

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Co-articulated	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/		ŧ /!~ǀ/	k /k/	kw /kʷ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/		đ /ɡ!~ɡǀ/	g /ɡ/	gw /ɡʷ/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	þ /θ/ s /s/		ɧ /ɧ/	h /x/	hw /xʷ/	h /h/
	voiced		z /z/
Trill			r /r/
Approximant			l /l/	j /j/			w /w/

Vowels

Lifted from Proto-Germanic.

Nouns

• püünˀ > *püünVˀ > Pfeune

1st declension

*eɧ 'voice'

2nd declension

hastijō 'wife' < *qas-t-? *qas-d-? 'partner' + -ijō 'some feminine suffix'

• nom: hastijō, hastijôr, hastijôz
• acc: hastijōn, hastijôr, hastijôz
• gen: hastijōni, hastijōnþi, hastijǫ̂
• dat: hastijōz, hastijōnþi, hastijǫ̂

n-stem declension

• nom: pīnǭ, pīnōnōr, pīnōniz
• acc: pīnǭ, pīnōnōr, pīnōnaz
• gen: pīnōnį, pīnōnanþi, pīnōnų
• dat: pīnōnaz, pīnōnanþi, pīnōną

• -tijǭ, -tijōniz > -zie, -zien

3rd declension

*ɧīmī 'hand'

Singular

• nom: *ɧīmī
• acc: *ɧīmīz
• gen: *ɧīmī
• dat: *ɧīmīs

Plural:

• nom: *ɧīmainą
• acc: *ɧīmainą
• gen: *ɧīmaiz
• dat: *ɧīmainį