Proto-Riphic
Proto-Riphic is the proto-language for Kagasa and Raamaanujan.
Phonology
Consonants
Based on Proto-Semitic.
| Labial | Inter- dental |
Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Pharyn- geal |
Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| central | lateral | ||||||||
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | |||||||
| Stop | voiceless | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ʔ /ʔ/ | ||||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /ɡ/ | ||||||
| ejective | pʼ /pʼ/ | tʼ /tʼ/ | kʼ /kʼ/ | ||||||
| Fricative or affricate |
voiceless | þ /θ/ | s /s~t͡s/ | σ /ɬ~t͡ɬ/ | š /ʃ/ | x /x~χ/ | ħ /ħ/ | h /h/ | |
| voiced | ð /ð/ | z /z~d͡z/ | λ /ɮ~dɮ/ | γ /ɣ~ʁ/ | ȝ /ʕ/ | ||||
| ejective | þʼ /t͡θʼ/ | sʼ /t͡sʼ/ | σʼ /t͡ɬʼ/ | ||||||
| Trill | r /r/ | ||||||||
| Approximant | l /l/ | j /j/ | w /w/ | ||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /i/ | ī /iː/ | u /u/ | ū /uː/ | ||
| Mid | e /e/ | ē /eː/ | o /o/ | ō /oː/ | ||
| Open | a /a/ | ā /aː/ | ||||
Diphthongs: ai au /ai au/
Morphology
Raamaanujan sauvaq 'this' ~ Kagasa -awb 'the'
Raamaanujan -artuq ~ Kagasa -a:t
Raamaanujan -aat, -iit, -uut ~ Kagasa "tā marbūṭa"
Raamaanujan -nut ~ Kagasa -n