Ranic languages: Difference between revisions

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 ==Proto-Ranic phonology==
-===Consonants===
+*ʔam-t-, χõsi, salu, mäkse, dilme, bäne
-'''p t k q b d s m n l r y''' /p t k kw b d s m n l r j/
+: *χõsi-bäne -> χõspen -> khā̃pṇa "dozen" in modern Palkhan
+that sounds pretty marathi gibby
+*s ś -> Modern Palkhan t s
+another greeky sound change in palkhan: *w sometimes becomes v and sometimes h
+*weće- -> yāh- "to be"
+should be *weke-
+*hjāh- (Middle Palkhan) -> yāh- (Modern Palkhan)
+==Morphology==
-'''sl zl nl''' /ɬ ɮ nl/
+cases in palkhan:
+*wala "tale, story" (~ vaḷa in Kaḷēvaḷa)
-Allowed initial clusters: pr tr kr
+nom: wala, walar
+acc: walak, walarak
-Allowed medial clusters: py ty ky ry ly my ny nly mp nt nk nkw
+gen: walat, walan
+possessive suffixes:
-===Vowels===
+wala-ńe, wala-re, wala-mme, wala-śśi, wala-mkä, etc.
-'''a i o u e ı''' /a i o u e~ə ı/
+(Palkhan, unlike Uralic, has grammatical gender)
-===Tones===
-Proto-Ranic had two level tones.
 ==Reflexes==

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