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'''Old Eevo''' (Eevo: ''Eevo Dair'') is a [[Talmic]] language which arose from northern dialects of [[Thensarian]]. Its descendants are [[Eevo]], [[Bhadhagha]], and [[Tumacan]]. Its aesthetics is based on Old Irish.
The '''Keric languages''' are a small language family native to Mwail British Isles.
==Primitive Eevo==


{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width:700px;text-align:center;"
== Family tree ==
! colspan="2" |
* Keric
!  |Labial
** Ker/Qua
!  |Dental
** Danishmandi
!  |Alveolar
** Bri
!  |Palatal
** Gloob
!  |Velar
!  |Glottal
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
| '''m''' /m/
|colspan="2"| '''n''' /n/
|
| '''ŋ''' /ŋ/
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! |<small>voiceless</small>
|
|colspan="2"| '''t''' /t/
|
| '''c''' /k/
|
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' /b/
|colspan="2"| '''d''' /d/
|
| '''g''' /g/
|
|-
! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| '''φ''' /φ/
|
| '''s''' /s/
|
|
|rowspan="2" | '''h''' /h/
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
|
|
| [z]
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Trill
|
|
| '''r''' /r/
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Approximant
| '''v''' /ʋ/
| '''l''' /l/
|
| '''j''' /j/
|
|
|}


== Phonology ==
=== Preinitial ===
Cə-, N- preinitials
=== Initials ===
p t ts c k ʔ
b d dz ɟ g
pʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ
m n ɲ
ˀm ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ
ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ
w j
ˀw ˀj
ʰw ʰj
θ s ɕ h


{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="width: 540px; text-align:center;"
=== Medials ===
! rowspan="2" style="width: 90px; "|
j? l r
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Front
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Central
! colspan="2" style="width: 90px; " |Back
|-
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>short</small>
!style="width: 45px; "|<small>long</small>
|-
! style="" |Close
| '''i''' /i/
| '''ī''' /iː/
|
|
| '''u''' /u/
| '''ū''' /uː/
|-
! style="" |Mid
| '''e''' /ɛ/
|
|
|
| '''o''' /ɔ/
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|-
! style="" |Open
|
|
| '''a''' /a/
| '''ā''' /aː/
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|
|}


The diphthongs are '''ae ao ei eo iu oe ui'''.
=== Nuclei ===
i ə u e a o


==Todo==
Nuclei could be either modal or creaky
*tobynis = to be like
*Keep ħ from Thensarian? or change ħ to ŋ
*''immer'' < ''φimbirā'' = now
*Prefixes:
**''ar-'': on, at
**''(deut.) as-'': telic
**''(prot.) de-, (deut.) do-'': in, at
**''é-'': with, co-
**''fin-''/''sin-'' = well, thoroughly
**''for-'': causative, through
**''(prot.) ful-, (deut.) fol-'': around, back
**''(prot.) gel-, (deut.) gol-'': up, out
**''ro-'': down
**''sol-'': a causative
**''(prot.) su-, (deut.) so-'': towards
**''(prot.) sur-, (deut.) sor-'': back
**''(prot.) u(cc)-, (deut.) oc-'': from


==Phonology==
=== Finals ===
===Consonants===
p t k m n ŋ w j r ð
*'''b c d f g h l m n ŋ p r s t''' /b k d f g h l m n ŋ p r s t/
*"Lenition": '''ḃ ch ḋ fh ġ ṁ ph sh th''' /bʰ kʰ dʰ fʰ gʰ mʰ pʰ sʰ tʰ/
*"Eclipsis": '''ᵐb ᵑc ⁿd ᵑg ᵐf ᵐp ⁿs ⁿt''' /ᵐb ᵑk ⁿd ᵑg ᵐf ᵐp ⁿs ⁿt/
*Geminates: '''cc ll nn ŋŋ pp rr ss tt''' /kː lː nː ŋː pː rː sː tː/


===Vowels===
=== Postfinals ===
*'''a e i o u''' /a e i o u/
-ʔ -s
*'''á é í ó ú''' /aː eː iː oː uː/
*'''ai ei io oi ui'''
*'''ae ao ái éi eó éu ia ío íu iú ói oí ua úi uí'''
 
All five short vowels '''a e i o u''' could occur in a word-final unstressed syllable.
 
==Morphology==
:''Main article: [[Old Eevo/Morphology]]''
 
==Syntax==
 
[[Category:Eevo]][[Category:Bhadhagha]][[Category:Talmic languages]][[Category:Quihum languages]][[Category:Tricin]]

Latest revision as of 08:47, 29 June 2025

The Keric languages are a small language family native to Mwail British Isles.

Family tree

  • Keric
    • Ker/Qua
    • Danishmandi
    • Bri
    • Gloob

Phonology

Preinitial

Cə-, N- preinitials

Initials

p t ts c k ʔ b d dz ɟ g pʼ tʼ tsʼ cʼ kʼ m n ɲ ˀm ˀn ˀɲ ˀŋ ʰm ʰn ʰɲ ʰŋ w j ˀw ˀj ʰw ʰj θ s ɕ h

Medials

j? l r

Nuclei

i ə u e a o

Nuclei could be either modal or creaky

Finals

p t k m n ŋ w j r ð

Postfinals

-ʔ -s

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