Proto-Dalian

Proto-Dalian
Created by	–
Ethnicity	Dalic peoples
Era	5,000 – 3,000 years ago
Language family	Dalic Proto-Dalian

Proto-Dalian was a language spoken 5000 years ago, being the common ancestor of the Dalic languages, including Andalian.

Phonology

Phonemes

Consonants

		Labial		Alveolar		Back
		-v	+v	-v	+v	-v	+v
Nasal			m		n		ŋ
Stop	Prenasalised	mp	mb	nt	nd	ŋk	ŋg
	Plain	p	b	t	d	k	g
Fricative		f	v	s	z	h₁	h₂
Liquid				ɬ r̥	l r

Proto-Dalian has a classic 5 vowel system (a, e, i, o, u) with a length distinction.

Morphology

Determiners

Proto-Dalian has a definite article which precedes the noun:

Animate	Singular	Dual	Plural
nom	to	ti	tis
acc	no	ni	nis
dat / all	do	di	dis
gen / abl	o	i	is
loc / ptv	so	si	sis
ins	ro	ri	ris

Inanimate	Generic	Singulative
nom	sa	san
acc	ta	tan
dat / all	ga	gan
gen / abl	va	van
loc / ptv	na	nan
ins	ra	ran

Proto-Dalian does not have an indefinite article.

Writing system

Main article: Dalian runes