Taba

Proto-Pfeunic is the common ancestor to Pfeunic, one of the largest branches of the Quihum languages. It is intended to be Proto-Germanic gibberish with clicks.

todo

• þrawų < tsáw̓n
• þrawizi < tsáw̓dzi(n)
• þrawų < tsáw̓m
• þrawamaz < tsáw̓mac
• þrawidi < tsáw̓ti

Gibberish

Waiŧōną beuhranunz jah hwēskiniz ausijô ūt graftē sŧeumaiþi ōsijaþrą dehw frausōmaz. Lēþoną hwiskaisi bakjaną lēhwistiz lauzidi jahw hwentīnį. Ŧauhrą twuskiþōi đurkimaz haiwizō? Mī! Sŧinhwist brindilaz mī laiþōną aihw smanhtōz! Ŝibulaz hlađjaną tō īnaz hrūfilaz haibst. Hrustōnunz ŝaimai ranhst maiþidi!

Origins and name

The name Pfeunic originates from the Pfeune River. The hydronym is of Unfinnish origin: Unfinnish *pyyni > Proto-Wiebian *pfûni > Wiebian Pfeune. It is hypothesized to have been spoken 4000 HM years BP, roughly at the same time as Proto-Tie.

Lexicon

• twaiþį - walk
• hapį - eat
• þrawį - sleep
• kērį - bite
• đeulį - drink
• garmą - heavy
• halmą - big
• hastijō - wife
• abjō - hair
• wandō - body
• ŧaizaz - bird
• raiþaz - fire
• behu - child
• baiwizī (Behre, Behren) - tail

Numbers

• 1: *hwēm
• 2: *þiŝōr
• 3: *narg
• 4: *đaup
• 5: *saliŝ
• 6: *stōm
• 7: *rōd
• 8: *larit
• 9: *parw
• 10: *keur
• 100: *þali
• 1000: *said
• 10000: *krōbi

Phonology

Consonants

22 consonants.

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Co-articulated	Velar	Labiovelar
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/		ŧ /!/	k /k/	kw /kʷ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/		đ /ɡ!/	g /ɡ/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	þ /θ/ s /s/		ŝ /ɧ/	h /x/	hw /xʷ/
	voiced		z /z/
Trill			r /r/
Approximant			l /l/	j /j/			w /w/

Vowels

Lifted from Proto-Germanic.

Nouns

Unfinnish *püüni > Pfeune

1st declension

*eɧ 'voice'

2nd declension

hastijō 'wife' < *qas-t-? *qas-d-? 'partner' + -ijō 'some feminine suffix'

• nom: hastijō, hastijôr, hastijôz
• acc: hastijōn, hastijôr, hastijôz
• dat: hastijōz, hastijōnþi, hastijōnaz

3rd declension

*ɧīmī 'hand'

Singular

• nom: *ɧīmī
• acc: *ɧīmīz
• gen: *ɧīmī
• dat: *ɧīmīs

Plural:

• nom: *ɧīmainą
• acc: *ɧīmainą
• gen: *ɧīmaiz
• dat: *ɧīmainį

Verbs

Athematic

Verbal nouns were formed with the suffix -ilaz.