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Aewedanoan
aewedanoa
Pronunciation[aevedanoa]
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Quame
  • Aewedanoan
Early form
Proto-Quame
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Aewedanoan (Aewedanoa /aevedanoa/, from φin-geθwaʀn-im-) is a Quame language inspired by Polynesian languages, Irish and Greek. It is an official language in parts of Talma and Northern Etalocin.

Boe'a taṭāhunē no aewedanoa ulasahea

denasalize VN before C or #

Vocab

  • ena' = "ditch" < PQ *wjénəqʷs 'water'
  • 'awōḍea = "stick" < PQ *kʷ'ondas, *kʷ'onday 'body'
  • nāwhi = "world" < PQ *snākʷis 'homeland' (~ Naquian Nāquiz, Anbirese snae 'country')
  • bearo = tree
  • weli = name
  • whe = def article (~ Tigol in)
  • deheno = little
  • wedanoa = language
  • ae- = self
  • ho'o = river (~ Tigol soch)
  • esi = segment (qesti-)
  • asi = but (asti)

Diachronics

single j/s/intervocalic w loss; séimhiú single consonants like crazy (but syncope doesn't happen!) (Irish/Hebrew style séimhiú doesn't occur as a 1-step sound change anywhere else in Tricin)

  • Intervocalically, the single consonants become:
    • p t T k q Kw b d g ɢ Gw p' t' k' q' Kw' s w j l r m n → φ h/ø h ' wh b d g ' w p t k ' wh ø ø ø l r ø n
  • Clusters simplify:
    • sφ st sT sk > s s š š
    • φs ts ks > s s s
    • rC > C, lC > C
    • ClV, CrV > CVlV, CVrV

Phonology

Phonotactics

Only glottal stops are allowed syllable- and word-finally.

Consonants

  • n ṇ /n ɳ/
  • p t ṭ k ' /p t ʈ k ʔ/
  • b d ḍ g /b~(implosive b)~m d ɖ g/
  • f s x h /f s x h/
  • w wh z /v w z/
  • r l /r l/

wh is pronounced /ʍ/ by older speakers.

Vowels

a e i o u ā ē ī ō ū /a e i o u a: e: i: o: u:/

Stress

Stress is always penultimate.

Grammar

Aewedanoan grammar is similar to Modern Windermere.

Nouns

Plurals are formed by reduplication, as in Roshterian.

  • nāwhi 'heavenly body' > nāwhi-nāwhi 'heavenly bodies'
  • whe Nāwhi = Tricin

Verbs

Verbs do not inflect at all. Preverbal particles are used, as in Windermere.