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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.
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| == Diachronics ==
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| Proto-Zzeic was spoken 3000 years BP.
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| === Todo ===
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| 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'
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| ḱobreb → PZz k.brɛb → kbəb → p'ʌb → pà (E3) ‘cost’
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| PZz ə → w
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| PZz i → Modern Zzean ⟨ey⟩
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| PZz e → i
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| PZz a → Modern Zzean ⟨wa⟩
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| PZz o → Modern Zzean ⟨a⟩
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| PZz u → ɨ → Modern Zzean /i/ ⟨i⟩
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| PZz ew → ea
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| PZz aw → ea
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| PZz ow → wa
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| PZz ej → ay
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| PZz aj → e
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| PZz oj → w
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| ===Phonology===
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| ====Vowels====
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| i ɨ u ə e o a ē ō ā ī ɨ̄ ū əi əɨ əu aj aɨ au
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| → Early Old Zzean e ə o ʌ ɛ ɔ a iə uə ɨə i ɨ u əi əɨ əu ai aɨ au
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| → Late Old Zzean e ʌ o ɐ ə ɑ æ iə uə ɨə ɪ ə ʊ i ɨ u ai aɨ au
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| (Praveenize /ɛ/ → /ə/ → /ʌ/ → /ɑ/ → /æ/ → /iə/ and /u/ → /i/)
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| ====Consonants====
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| ====Lexicon====
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| * xjeʔ ‘1SG’ (From PAW disjunctive 1SG *h₂yeh₁); Zzean zhi̬
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| * PAW *sleh₃s → PZz *s-lō-s → Old Zzean *sluəs → lu(C2) → lŵ 'to sit’
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| * 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'
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| * ḱobreb → PZz k.brɛb → kbəw → p'ʌw → pà (E3) ‘to buy'
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| * roy ‘in’ → PZz s-roj → rrw̖y ‘interior’
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| * bʰetr → PZz bʰēr → PZz bʰiən → piən (A2) → piw (A2) → pe̖a ‘(higher register) in (postposition)’;
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| → dialectal pjuː → thw̖ ‘at (postposition)’
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