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'''Proto-Pfeunic''' is the common ancestor to [[Pfeunic languages|Pfeunic]], one of the largest branches of the [[Quihum languages]]. It is intended to be Proto-Germanic gibberish with clicks.
The '''Taba''' /tʰa˨pa˦/ language is a heavily tonal language of Kjàt Må̀. It evolved from a monosyllabic tonal language with more complex syllables by simplifying its phonemic inventory and phonotactics but not its tones.
==todo==
*þrawų < tsáw̓n
*þrawizi < tsáw̓dzi(n)
*þrawų < tsáw̓m
*þrawamaz < tsáw̓mac
*þrawidi < tsáw̓ti
 
==Gibberish==
Waiŧōną beuhranunz jah hwēskiniz ausijô ūt graftē sŧeumaiþi ōsijaþrą dehw frausōmaz. Lēþoną hwiskaisi bakjaną lēhwistiz lauzidi jahw hwentīnį. Ŧauhrą twuskiþōi đurkimaz haiwizō? Mī! Sŧinhwist brindilaz mī laiþōną aihw smanhtōz! Ŝibulaz hlađjaną tō īnaz hrūfilaz haibst. Hrustōnunz ŝaimai ranhst maiþidi!
 
==Origins and name==
The name ''Pfeunic'' originates from the Pfeune River. The hydronym is of Unfinnish origin: Unfinnish {{recon|''pyyni''}} > Proto-Wiebian {{recon|''pfûni''}} > Wiebian ''Pfeune''. It is hypothesized to have been spoken 4000 HM years BP.
 
==Lexicon==
*''twaiþį'' - walk
*''hapį'' - eat
*''þrawį'' - sleep
*''kērį'' - bite
*''đeulį'' - drink
*''garmą'' - heavy
*''halmą'' - big
*''hastijō'' - wife
*''abjō'' - hair
*''wandō'' - body
*''ŧaizaz'' - bird
*''raiþaz'' - fire
*''behu'' - child
*''baiwizī'' (''Behre, Behren'') - tail
===Numbers===
*1: {{recon|''hwēm''}}
*2: {{recon|''þiŝōr''}}
*3: {{recon|''narg''}}
*4: {{recon|''đaup''}}
*5: {{recon|''saliŝ''}}
*6: {{recon|''stōm''}}
*7: {{recon|''rōd''}}
*8: {{recon|''larit''}}
*9: {{recon|''parw''}}
*10: {{recon|''keur''}}
*100: {{recon|''þali''}}
*1000: {{recon|''said''}}
*10000: {{recon|''krōbi''}}
 
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
22 consonants.
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 700px; text-align: center;"
! colspan="2"|
! | Labial
! | Alveolar
! | Palatal
! | Co-articulated
! | Velar
! | Labiovelar
|-
! colspan="2" | Nasal
| '''m''' /m/
| '''n''' /n/
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! | <small>voiceless</small>
| '''p''' /p/
| '''t''' /t/
|
| '''ŧ''' /!/
| '''k''' /k/
| '''kw''' /kʷ/
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' /b/
| '''d''' /d/
|
| '''đ''' /ɡ!/
| '''g''' /ɡ/
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
! | <small>voiceless</small>
| '''f''' /f/
| '''þ''' /θ/ '''s''' /s/
|
| '''ŝ''' /ɧ/
| '''h''' /x/
| '''hw''' /xʷ/
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
|
| '''z''' /z/
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|-
! colspan="2" |Trill
|
| '''r''' /r/
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|-
! colspan="2" |Approximant
|
| '''l''' /l/
| '''j''' /j/
|
|
| '''w''' /w/
|}
 
===Vowels===
Lifted from Proto-Germanic.
 
==Nouns==
Unfinnish *püüni > Pfeune
===1st declension===
'''{{recon|eɧ}}''' 'voice'
===2nd declension===
'''hastijō''' 'wife' < {{recon|''qas-t-''}}? {{recon|''qas-d-''}}? 'partner' + ''-ijō'' 'some feminine suffix'
*nom: hastijō, hastijôr, hastijôz
*acc: hastijōn, hastijôr, hastijôz
*dat: hastijōz, hastijōnþi, hastijōnaz
 
===3rd declension===
'''{{recon|ɧīmī}}''' 'hand'
 
Singular
*nom: {{recon|ɧīmī}}
*acc: {{recon|ɧīmīz}}
*gen: {{recon|ɧīmī}}
*dat: {{recon|ɧīmīs}}
 
Plural:
*nom: {{recon|ɧīmainą}}
*acc: {{recon|ɧīmainą}}
*gen: {{recon|ɧīmaiz}}
*dat: {{recon|ɧīmainį}}
 
==Verbs==
===Athematic===
Verbal nouns were formed with the suffix ''-ilaz''.
===Thematic===
 
[[Category:Pfeunic languages|*]][[Category:Proto-languages|P]][[Category:Pfeuno-K'aitian languages|P]]

Latest revision as of 16:39, 7 May 2023

The Taba /tʰa˨pa˦/ language is a heavily tonal language of Kjàt Må̀. It evolved from a monosyllabic tonal language with more complex syllables by simplifying its phonemic inventory and phonotactics but not its tones.