Roshterian/Proto-Roshterian: Difference between revisions

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Revision as of 00:01, 2 August 2017

Old Roshterian is the reconstructed intermediate stage between Proto-Talmic and Roshterian.

  • stress shift to penultimate (endings have not dropped completely yet)
    • yields Modern Roshterian ultimate stress
  • Old Irishy allomorphy

Some words

  • φlat-nəm "seed" > Old Roshterian *hlatnə > Roshterian laaṉ "child (offspring)"
  • tekts "child" > Old Roshterian *tejθ, tejs- > Roshterian ṯeit, ṯeis- "child (young human)"
  • bonditejθi, bondejθi "child-bearer, child-rearer, babysitter" > Roshterian breit, breiti- "woman"
  • soliθe > OR höliθe "5" > Roshterian helit, lite-
  • kabnənts > OR kabrəns "woman" > (lost)
  • snuwem "round" > OR snǖ "fat" > Rooshterian ṉii "big"

Phonology

Consonants

No retroflexes yet!

Old Roshterian reconstructed consonants
Labial Dental Alveolar Medial Palatal Velar Labiovelar Uvular Glottal
Nasal *m *n
Plosive voiceless *p *t *k *q
voiced *b *d *g
Fricative voiceless *s *sj *h
voiced *zj
Resonant *l *r *y *w

Vowels

More vowels than Proto-Talmic; has front rounded vowels

Morphology

Nouns

Verbs