Amkrama

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Amkrama is a language in the Cramarian family, though one that is considerably eccentric even from the point of view of that loose-knit group of languages. Although the development of its lexicon from Proto-Cramarian roots is transparent enough, at some point most or all original Cramarian morphology was lost and replaced with Amkrama's odd and possibly unique system of derivation. Creolization with an independent language (of which, however, no other trace now remains) cannot be ruled out.

Phonology

The phonology of Amkrama is simple, and largely derived from that of Proto-Cramarian by two simple sound-shifts: alveolar consonants became palatals, and retroflex consonants became alveolar.

Consonants

Bilabial Alveolar Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal Stop m n
Oral Stop p b t d c [ʧ] j [ʤ] k g
Fricative f v s x [ʃ] r [ʒ] h
Approximant j
Lateral l