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| region      = Chunda Capeto
| region      = Chunda Capeto
| name        = Ranic
| name        = Ranic
| familycolor = Dodellic
| familycolor = papuan
| family      = One of Tricin's primary language families
| family      = One of Tricin's primary language families
| protoname  = Proto-Ranic
| protoname  = Proto-Ranic

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Ranic
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Geographic
distribution
Chunda Capeto
Linguistic classificationOne of Tricin's primary language families
Proto-languageProto-Ranic

The Ranic languages are a family of minority languages mostly spoken in Chunda Capeto.

Languages

  • Ranese (Feynman Italian gib)
  • Korestoni - pseudo-Eesti/Korean
  • pseudo-Polynesian languages
    • Some vowel inventories (possibly with length): a e i o; a e o; a i o; e i o u (as in arapaho); a eo i eu u
    • Tūtu Qāda: p t k b d ʔ; a i u ā ī ū
    • Noun class systems like Caucasian languages

Proto-Ranic phonology

Consonants

p t k q b d s m n l r y /p t k kw b d s m n l r j/

sl zl nl /ɬ ɮ nl/

Allowed initial clusters: pr tr kr

Allowed medial clusters: py ty ky ry ly my ny nly mp nt nk nkw

Vowels

a i o u e ı /a i o u e~ə ı/

Tones

Proto-Ranic had two level tones.

Reflexes

Ranese

k > ch, qe > te

pr tr kr > br dr r

py ty ky ry ly my ny nly mp nt nk nq > tt zz tt rr ll m nd l mp nt nt nc/nt/nqu

sl -> s initially, lt medially

zl -> ch initially, ld medially

nl > n initially, ln medially

a i o e u eu > a i o e u a?

Arabic/LP

a i o u e ı > /a i u u a i/

kw > '; s, k > k; r, l > d; m, n > b, d; y > '

mp nt nk nkw > pp tt kk ʔʔ

VCy > V:C

Lexicon

  • tutyó = to speak (Dod. tuzzo, tūtu in the Lakes Plain gib)
  • atı = 1 (Dod ata, LP gib ati)
  • epı = 2 (Dod epa, LP gib api)
  • mi, ki, ti = 1sg, 1+2du, 2sg (Dod mi, chi, ti; LP gib mi, ki, ti)
  • =qe = also, too
  • qénya = language? cipher? (Ranese téndá 'character', LP gib ʔāda)