Proto-Riphic

Proto-Riphic is the proto-language for Kagasa and Raamaanujan.

Phonology

Consonants

Based on Proto-Semitic.

Proto-Kagasic consonant phonemes

		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/	ʡ /ʡ/	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/	ʕ /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