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'''Zzean''' /ˈθiːən/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language in the Akya-Woms family, spoken in Aem-Zmaə. It is head-final and SVO. | '''Zzean''' /ˈθiːən/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language in the Akya-Woms family, spoken in Aem-Zmaə. It is head-final and SVO. | ||
== | == Proto-Zzeic == | ||
Proto-Zzeic was spoken 3000 years BP. | Proto-Zzeic was spoken 3000 years BP. | ||
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====Consonants==== | ====Consonants==== | ||
===Lexicon=== | === Grammar === | ||
Proto-Zzeic switched to using a Colloquial Welsh-like constructions using verbal nouns. Old finite verb forms were lost by the Proto-Zzeic stage. | |||
=== Lexicon === | |||
* xjeʔ ‘1SG’ (From PAW disjunctive 1SG *h₂yeh₁); Zzean zhi̬ | * xjeʔ ‘1SG’ (From PAW disjunctive 1SG *h₂yeh₁); Zzean zhi̬ | ||
* PAW *sleh₃s → PZz *s-lō-s → Old Zzean *sluəs → lu(C2) → lŵ 'to sit’ | * PAW *sleh₃s → PZz *s-lō-s → Old Zzean *sluəs → lu(C2) → lŵ 'to sit’ | ||
Revision as of 02:16, 28 November 2024
Zzean /ˈθiːən/ is an analytic monosyllabic tonal language in the Akya-Woms family, spoken in Aem-Zmaə. It is head-final and SVO.
Proto-Zzeic
Proto-Zzeic was spoken 3000 years BP.
Todo
h₂aw-bʰorḱ 'enclosure' → Proto-Zzeic obʰroc → Late Old Zzean əvʰɣɑc → Middle Zzean vəjt → EModZz fi(breathy, final stop tone) → ModZz fi͇ (tone class is D2) 'house'
ḱobreb → PZz k.brɛb → kbəb → p'ʌb → pà (E3) ‘cost’
PZz ə → w PZz i → Modern Zzean ⟨ey⟩ PZz e → i PZz a → Modern Zzean ⟨wa⟩ PZz o → Modern Zzean ⟨a⟩ PZz u → ɨ → Modern Zzean /i/ ⟨i⟩ PZz ew → ea PZz aw → ea PZz ow → wa PZz ej → ay PZz aj → e PZz oj → w
Phonology
Vowels
i ɨ u ə e o a ē ō ā ī ɨ̄ ū əi əɨ əu aj aɨ au
→ Early Old Zzean e ə o ʌ ɛ ɔ a iə uə ɨə i ɨ u əi əɨ əu ai aɨ au → Late Old Zzean e ʌ o ɐ ə ɑ æ iə uə ɨə ɪ ə ʊ i ɨ u ai aɨ au (Praveenize /ɛ/ → /ə/ → /ʌ/ → /ɑ/ → /æ/ → /iə/ and /u/ → /i/)
Consonants
Grammar
Proto-Zzeic switched to using a Colloquial Welsh-like constructions using verbal nouns. Old finite verb forms were lost by the Proto-Zzeic stage.
Lexicon
- xjeʔ ‘1SG’ (From PAW disjunctive 1SG *h₂yeh₁); Zzean zhi̬
- PAW *sleh₃s → PZz *s-lō-s → Old Zzean *sluəs → lu(C2) → lŵ 'to sit’
- h₂aw-bʰorḱ 'enclosure' → Proto-Zzeic obʰroc → Late Old Zzean əvʰɣɑc → Middle Zzean vəjt → EModZz fi(breathy, final stop tone) → ModZz fi͇ (tone class is D2) 'house'
- ḱobreb → PZz k.brɛb → kbəw → p'ʌw → pà (E3) ‘to buy'
- roy ‘in’ → PZz s-roj → rrw̖y ‘interior’
- bʰetr → PZz bʰēr → PZz bʰiən → piən (A2) → piw (A2) → pe̖a ‘(higher register) in (postposition)’; → dialectal pjuː → thw̖ ‘at (postposition)’