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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
Proto-Rttirrian had a fairly small consonant inventory; however, it was much more flexible than its daughter languages with regards to clusters. The following consonants are reconstructed:
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!  |
!  |Labial
!  |Alveolar
!  |Palatal
!  |Velar
!  |Retroflex
!  |Pharyngeal?
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|-
! Nasal
!rowspan="2"|
| *'''m''' /m/
!colspan="2"|Labial
| *'''n''' /n/
!colspan="2"|Alveolar
!colspan="2"|Palatal
!rowspan="2"|Retroflex
!colspan="2"|Velar
!rowspan="2"|Uvular
|-
!Plain
!Lab.
!Plain
!Lab.
!Plain
!Lab.
!Plain
!Lab.
|-
! Plosive
| '''pʼ''' /pˤ/<br>'''p''' /p/<br>'''b''' /b/
| '''pwʼ''' /pʷˤ/<br>'''pw''' /pʷ/<br>'''bw''' /bʷ/
| '''tt''' /tʼ/<br>'''tʼ''' /tˤ/<br>'''t''' /t/<br>'''d''' /d/
| '''ttw''' /tʷʼ/<br>'''twʼ''' /tʷˤ/<br>'''tw''' /tʷ/<br>'''dw''' /dʷ/
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| *'''rn''' /ɳ/
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| '''kk''' /kʼ/<br>'''g''' /g/
| '''kkw''' /kʷʼ/<br>'''gw''' /gʷ/
|  
|  
|-
|-
! Plosive
! Fricative
| *'''p''' /p/<br>*'''b''' /b/
| '''f''' /f/<br>'''v''' /v/<br>'''vʼ''' /vˤ/
| *'''t''' /t/<br>*'''d''' /d/
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| '''s''' /s/<br>'''z''' /z/
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| '''sh''' /ʃ/<br>'''zh''' /ʒ/<br>'''zhʼ''' /ʒˤ/
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| *'''k''' /k/<br>*'''g''' /g/
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| *'''rt''' /ʈ/<br>*'''rd''' /ɖ/
| '''kh''' /x/<br>'''gh''' /ɣ/
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|-
|-
! Fricative
! Affricate
| *'''f''' /ɸ/<br>*'''v''' /β/
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| *'''s''' /s/<br>*'''z''' /z/
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| '''tts''' /t͡sʼ/<br>'''ts''' /t͡s/<br>'''dz''' /d͡z/
| '''ttsw''' /t͡sʷʼ/<br>'''tsw''' /t͡sʷ/<br>'''dzw''' /d͡zʷ/
| '''cch''' /t͡ʃʼ/<br>'''ch''' /t͡ʃ/<br>'''jʼ''' /d͡ʒ/<br>'''j''' /d͡ʒˤ/
| '''cchw''' /t͡ʃʷʼ/<br>'''chw''' /t͡ʃʷ/<br>'''jwʼ''' /d͡ʒʷ/<br>'''jw''' /d͡ʒʷˤ/
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! Affricate
! Lateral
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| '''l''' /l/<br>'''hl''' /ɬ/<br>'''lj''' /ɮ/<br>'''ljʼ''' /ɮˤ/
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| *'''ch''' /t͡ʃ/
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! Rhotic
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|  
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| '''r''' /ʐ/
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| '''rr''' /ʀ/
|-
|-
! Approximant
! Nasal
| *'''w''' /w/
| '''m''' /m/
| '''mw''' /mʷ/
|  
|  
| *'''y''' /j/
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|  
| *'''rl''' /ɭ/<br>*'''rr''' /ɻ/
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| *'''l<sub>1</sub>'''<br>*'''l<sub>2</sub>'''
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| '''ng''' /ŋ/<br>'''ngʼ''' /ŋˤ/
| '''ngw''' /ŋʷ/<br>'''ngwʼ''' /ŋʷˤ/
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* The exact pronunciation of the consonants transcribed as '''l<sub>1</sub>''' and '''l<sub>2</sub>''' is unknown.
:* Among the descendants of Proto-Rttirrian, these two sounds survived only in Proto-South-Rttirrian, where they merged into a single phoneme, */ʟ/. That phoneme corresponds to /l/ and many instances of the low [[w:tone (linguistics)|tone]] in Gaju, and corresponds to /w/ and diphthongal /u/ in Rttirri. In all other descendants of Proto-Rttirrian, '''l<sub>1</sub>''' and '''l<sub>2</sub>''' disappeared as consonants and survive only in their effects on surrounding vowels.
:* Some linguists posit that they were [[w:pharyngeal consonant|pharyngeal]] approximants [ħ] and [ʕ], pointing to the fact that they generally had a backing effect on surrounding vowels in branches other than South Rttirrian. Others note that these backing effects were not uniform, and suggest that only '''l<sub>2</sub>''' was pharyngeal while '''l<sub>1</sub>''' was something like the velarized lateral [ɫ], or a lateral fricative [ɬ~ɮ].
:* Evidence that '''l<sub>1</sub>''' was some type of fricative comes from the fact that the vowel '''a''' was allophonically raised when adjacent to '''f''', '''v''', '''s''', and '''z''', as well as '''l<sub>1</sub>''', but the relevance of this observation is disputed. The realization of the vowel '''u''' was not affected by either consonant, suggesting that they were probably not velar.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Proto-Rttirrian had a simple three-vowel system:
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! Front
! Front
! Central
! Central
! Near-back
! Back
! Back
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! High
! High
| *'''i''' /i/
| '''i''' /i/<br>'''ui''' /y/
| '''ie''' /ɨ/
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| *'''u''' /u/
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! Low
! Near-high
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| *'''a''' /ä/
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| '''u''' /ʊ/
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* The low vowel '''a''' was probably fronted and raised allophonically to something like [æ~e] adjacent to fricatives and '''l<sub>1</sub>'''.
* The high back vowel '''u''' was probably lowered allophonically to something like [ʊ~ɔ] adjacent to velar consonants.
 
==Grammar==
Proto-Rttirrian had a moderate degree of [[w:fusional language|fusional]] inflection.
 
===Verbs===
The following verb endings were used:
 
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|-
|-
!rowspan="4" |
! High-mid
!colspan="8" | Person
| '''e''' /e/
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| '''o''' /o/
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|-
!colspan="2" | 1st
! Low-mid
!colspan="2" | 2nd
| '''oe''' /œ/
!colspan="4" | 3rd
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!rowspan="2" | Sing.
! Low
!rowspan="2" | Pl.
!rowspan="2" | Sing.
!rowspan="2" | Pl.
!colspan="2" | Sing.
!colspan="2" | Pl.
|-
! Anim.
! Inan.
! Anim.
! Inan.
|-
!Past
|-
!Present
| ''na-''
| ''ma-''
| ''kβ-''
| ''tsa-''
| ''gʲa-''
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| ''ʈa-''
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| '''a''' /ɑ/<br>'''ao''' /ɒ/
!Future
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!Tense #4
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* The exact function of the fourth tense is unknown; it may have been a [[w:perfect (grammar)|perfect]] aspect, an [[w:aorist|aorist]], or something else entirely. It evolved into two verbal moods in Proto-South-Rttirrian and took on various tense and aspect functions in other descendants.
===Phonotactics===
* An ''i-'' was used to begin the stems of transitive verbs. By analogy, this would cause object pronouns to be affixed to the verb in Proto-South-Rttirrian.
Stress falls on the first syllable.
 
Syllable structure is maximally CVN. There may only be one pharyngealized, ejective, or labialized consonant per root, although more may be added to a single word through compounding and affixation.


===Auxiliary verbs===
==Grammar==
Ample auxiliary verbs were used. Some of these took on chronological meanings and came to supplant the original tense inflections.


===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Pronouns were suffixed with *''-i'' for the accusative.
 
===Syntax===


==See also==
==See also==
* [[Gaju]]
* [[Rttirri]]
* [[Verse:Rttirria]]


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Latest revision as of 01:39, 28 March 2017


Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Retroflex Velar Uvular
Plain Lab. Plain Lab. Plain Lab. Plain Lab.
Plosive pʼ /pˤ/
p /p/
b /b/ 		pwʼ /pʷˤ/
pw /pʷ/
bw /bʷ/ 		tt /tʼ/
tʼ /tˤ/
t /t/
d /d/ 		ttw /tʷʼ/
twʼ /tʷˤ/
tw /tʷ/
dw /dʷ/ 		kk /kʼ/
g /g/ 		kkw /kʷʼ/
gw /gʷ/
Fricative f /f/
v /v/
vʼ /vˤ/ 		s /s/
z /z/ 		sh /ʃ/
zh /ʒ/
zhʼ /ʒˤ/ 		kh /x/
gh /ɣ/
Affricate tts /t͡sʼ/
ts /t͡s/
dz /d͡z/ 		ttsw /t͡sʷʼ/
tsw /t͡sʷ/
dzw /d͡zʷ/ 		cch /t͡ʃʼ/
ch /t͡ʃ/
jʼ /d͡ʒ/
j /d͡ʒˤ/ 		cchw /t͡ʃʷʼ/
chw /t͡ʃʷ/
jwʼ /d͡ʒʷ/
jw /d͡ʒʷˤ/
Lateral l /l/
hl /ɬ/
lj /ɮ/
ljʼ /ɮˤ/
Rhotic r /ʐ/ rr /ʀ/
Nasal m /m/ mw /mʷ/ ng /ŋ/
ngʼ /ŋˤ/ 		ngw /ŋʷ/
ngwʼ /ŋʷˤ/

Vowels

Front Central Near-back Back
High i /i/
ui /y/ 		ie /ɨ/
Near-high u /ʊ/
High-mid e /e/ o /o/
Low-mid oe /œ/
Low a /ɑ/
ao /ɒ/

Phonotactics

Stress falls on the first syllable.

Syllable structure is maximally CVN. There may only be one pharyngealized, ejective, or labialized consonant per root, although more may be added to a single word through compounding and affixation.

Grammar

Nouns

Syntax

See also

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