Roshterian/Proto-Roshterian: Difference between revisions

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*mārom "tree" > OR miəro "tree" > miar
*mārom "tree" > OR miəro "tree" > miar


==Phonology of Early Old Roshterian==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Early Old Roshterian===
====Consonants====
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! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative
! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative
! |<small>voiceless</small>
! |<small>voiceless</small>
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| *s
| *s
| *σ
| *σ
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===Vowels===
====Vowels====
More vowels than Proto-Talmic; has front rounded vowels
More vowels than Proto-Talmic; has front rounded vowels
===Late Old Roshterian===
====Consonants====
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|+ Old Roshterian reconstructed consonants
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! colspan="2" |
!  |Labial
!  |Dental
!  |Alveolar
!  |Retroflex
!  |Palatal
!  |Velar
!  |Labiovelar
!  |Uvular
!  |Glottal
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
| *m
| *ṋ
| *n
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| *p
| *ṱ
| *t
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| *k
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| *q
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|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
| *b
| *ḓ
| *d
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| *g
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|-
! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative
! |<small>voiceless</small>
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| *s
| *ṣ
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| *h
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
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|*ẓ
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|rowspan="2"|*ʁ
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! colspan="2" |Resonant
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| *ḽ
| *l
| *r
| *y
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| *w
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==Morphology==
==Morphology==

Revision as of 17:24, 5 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
  • ā >

Some words

  • φlat-nəm "seed" > Old Roshterian *latnə > Roshterian laaṉ "child (offspring)"
  • tekts "child" > Old Roshterian *tejθ, tejs- > Roshterian ṯeit, ṯeis- "child (young human)"
  • bonditejθiə, bondejθiə "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"
  • mārom "tree" > OR miəro "tree" > miar

Phonology

Early Old Roshterian

Consonants

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 *h
voiced
Resonant *l *r *y *w

Vowels

More vowels than Proto-Talmic; has front rounded vowels

Late Old Roshterian

Consonants

Old Roshterian reconstructed consonants
Labial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Labiovelar Uvular Glottal
Nasal *m *ṋ *n
Plosive voiceless *p *ṱ *t *k *q
voiced *b *ḓ *d *g
Fricative voiceless *s *ṣ *h
voiced *ẓ
Resonant *ḽ *l *r *y *w

Morphology

Nouns

Verbs