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==Development from Proto-Ynju-Wenth== | ===Development from Proto-Ynju-Wenth=== | ||
Old Ynju features palatalisation of sequences *tj, *kj and *sj to t͡ʃ and ʃ. [[Proto-Ynju-Wenth]] stops *p *t *k lenited to [b], [d] and [g] intervocalicly, with [b] and [g] leniting to [w] and [j] respectivly when they are near a sonorant. In Ynju b d and g lenited further into [β], [j] and [h]. Geminated stops are retained in Ynju but became degeminated in Mitaal, making voicing phonemic. Sequences of a semivowel + vowel and vowel + semivowel monophtongised: | Old Ynju features palatalisation of sequences *tj, *kj and *sj to t͡ʃ and ʃ. [[Proto-Ynju-Wenth]] stops *p *t *k lenited to [b], [d] and [g] intervocalicly, with [b] and [g] leniting to [w] and [j] respectivly when they are near a sonorant. In Ynju b d and g lenited further into [β], [j] and [h]. Geminated stops are retained in Ynju but became degeminated in Mitaal, making voicing phonemic. Sequences of a semivowel + vowel and vowel + semivowel monophtongised: | ||
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| ajwa, awja || øː || Any | | ajwa, awja || øː || Any | ||
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==Grammar== | |||
Old Ynju is an very regular, SVO head-initial, agglutenatetive language, much like other Mittaali languages. Nouns follow Nominative-Accusative alignment and verbs are conjugated for mood, voice, tense and aspect. | |||
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