Proto-Yeldhic

Proto-Yeldhic
*jḗlit
Created by	Jukethatbox
Date	2022
Ethnicity	Proto-Yeldhic peoples
Era	10000 UH-3000 UH
Revival	439 BH
Language family	Yeldhic Proto-Yeldhic
Early form	Jēldi(?)
Standard form	Expanded Téfir form
Dialect	Basic Téfir form
Official status
Regulated by	Téfir Foundation

Proto-Yeldhic is a reconstructed proto-language of the Yeldhic language family. It is the ultimate root of 86% of Talkochian languages, and is the equivalent of Proto-Indo-European in real life.

The proto-language originates in the work of Arnic linguist Môhwod ða-Téfir, who first formulated the Yeldha Language Theory, which proposed that many very different languages in Talkoch actually descended from one singular language family, which he called the Yeldhic language family after Ancient Yeldha, which he initially believed was the original source of the Yeldhic languages, although he eventually changed his mind.

Although the theory was initially ridiculed, fellow Tiragii linguist and calligrapher Dól-Pŷçkevç began to find a lot of evidence supporting Téfir's theory. Eventually, Téfir was on his deathbed, and he doubled down on his theory by collaborating with Pŷçkevç as well as other prominent linguists to form the first version of Proto-Yeldhic. Shortly after Téfir's death, the Késkéanya Fûhraritat, the linguistic authority of his home country of Arnah, finally accepted the theory as "very probable".

The main evidence towards the Proto-Yeldhic hypothesis is mostly described in Téfir's initial work on the subject, written in Moshurian and published in Taráhus due to political instability in his home country, the Tezyém Yéleduhir. In short, Téfir observed that several morphological, phonemic and phonetic similarities could be found within his proposed Yeldhic family of languages. Here are just a few examples:

• Proto-Yeldhic *pēhVu(?)h → Moshurian boéh and Psér puhún
• Proto-Yeldhic *kVmpə̯ and Moshurian gusumpomh
• Proto-Yeldhic *mōzṹ(r) → Ancient Yeldha möşhüř → Moshurian mosok