Ranic languages
| Ranic | |
|---|---|
| Created by | – |
| Geographic distribution | Chunda Capeto |
| Linguistic classification | One of Tricin's primary language families |
| Proto-language | Proto-Ranic |
The Ranic languages are a family of minority languages mostly spoken in Chunda Capeto.
Languages
Proto-Ranic phonology
Consonants
p pʰ β t tʰ ð tʲ tʲʰ ðʲ k kʰ ɣ ʔ
m n ŋ nʲ l lʲ r s sʲ h ʃ~ç w j
orthography:
p φ b t θ d t́ θ́ d́ k χ g ’
m n ŋ ń l ĺ r s ś h š w j
Vowels
a e i o u õ ä ö ü (as in Estonian)
Lexicon
- ʔam-t-, χõsi, salu, mäkse, dilme, bäne
12: *χõsi-bäne -> χõspen -> khā̃pṇa "dozen" in modern Palkhan that sounds pretty marathi gibby
- s ś -> Modern Palkhan t s
another greeky sound change in palkhan: *w sometimes becomes v and sometimes h
- weće- -> yāh- "to be"
should be *weke-
- hjāh- (Middle Palkhan) -> yāh- (Modern Palkhan)
Morphology
Nouns
cases in palkhan:
- wala "tale, story" (~ vaḷa in Kaḷēvaḷa)
- nom: wala, walar
- acc: walak, walarak
- gen: walat, walan
possessive suffixes: wala-ńe, wala-re, wala-mme, wala-śśi, wala-mkä, etc. (Palkhan, unlike Uralic, has grammatical gender)
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)