User:Ceige/Some Middle Country Language
The timeline of the language has been broken up into strata.
Substratum
Basic description
The Substratum of the language is descended from a phonetically simpler language not known from direct evidence. Its descendent, however, has complicated vowel combinations and has reduced syllable count in words significantly.
Word List
| Ancestor | Daughter | English | Sister | How they ended up |
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| kere > kéRè | kiea | grow | kere | *qia |
| taxa > taha | tah | set | taa | *ta |
| tiate > sate | sat | sit, remain | sate | *sa |
| pexe-tara > péhà-taRa | piea(-tah) | father | heedara | *pia |
| maxe-tara | mae(-tah) | mother | maedara | *mai |
| peraxe-tara | paei(-tah) | brother | haedara | *pai |
| tieu-xiatixere > seu-hsasere | seo-hsia-siea | souzasere | *sou-xia-xia | |
| tekema | tek-ma | Earth | tekima | *tong |
| taute | tot/tao-tao | people | toutsu | *tuo/tou/tao-tao |
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Mediostratum #1
Basic description
This first mediostratum as it is called is actually a creolising influence that occured after the major changes of the substratum from its ancestor had completed and stabilised.
Phonetically, it featured a larger range of initial consonants, causing voicing distinctions to appear in the daughter language. Substratum words even gained voicing distinctions through comparison with the mediostratum's words.
Mediostratum #2
Basic description
The second mediostratum is actually largely a superstrate occuring from massive migration into the new stabilised and developing nation.
Dialectisation
Basic description
After growth, the nation began to end up with rather self-sufficient and powerful subregions which started to diverge from each other politically and culturally.
Dialect Merger
Basic description
After a period of reunification, the dialects largely became merged.
Superstratum
Basic description
Following a long period of peace and a subsequent period of isolationism, the nation was momentarily absorbed into another with greater technology and social progress.