Nanyse

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Nanyse is an old and dead language of the Dumun, the result of the melding of the Proto-Afroasiatic and Proto-Indoeuropean languages due to the enslavement of their speakers by the Byluza. Although it is no longer spoken, this language was the platform that the four current languages of the Dumun were built upon. A small, yet growing, movement has begun among the Jara to breathe new life into the language, but otherwise it is known only to scholars and historians.

Phonology

Morphology

Syntax

Vocabulary

Nanyse Vocabulary
Nanyse Word Nanyse Word Meaning Proto-Afroasiatic Word Afroasiatic Word Meaning Proto-Indoeuropean Word Proto-Indoeuropean Word Meaning
xynam name sim- name h₁nómn̥ name
bedal because biğlal because *** ***
am if ʾim, if *** ***
kwa and wa and kʷe and
be with bi with pe with
pen in bi in (h₁?)en in
apy at ba at epi, opi at
xewas left šimāl left sewyós left
delum right walyam- right deḱs- right
we far way- far wi far
kærf near qâróv near *** ***
tuz dry kVʒ- dry ters- dry
eda wet daʔ-, daw- wet wed wet