User:Ceige/Some Middle Country Language

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The timeline of the language has been broken up into strata.

Substratum

Basic description

The Substratum of the language is descended from a phonetically simpler language not known from direct evidence. Its descendent, however, has complicated vowel combinations and has reduced syllable count in words significantly.

Word List

Ancestor Daughter English Sister How they ended up
kere > kéRè kiea grow kere *qia
taxa > taha tah set taa *ta
tiate > sate sat sit, remain sate *sa
pexe-tara > péhà-taRa piea(-tah) father heedara *pia
maxe-tara mae(-tah) mother maedara *mai
peraxe-tara paei(-tah) brother haedara *pai
tieu-xiatixere > seu-hsasere seo-hsia-siea souzasere *sou-xia-xia
tekema tek-ma Earth tekima *tong
taute tot/tao-tao people toutsu *tuo/tou/tao-tao
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Mediostratum #1

Basic description

This first mediostratum as it is called is actually a creolising influence that occured after the major changes of the substratum from its ancestor had completed and stabilised.

Phonetically, it featured a larger range of initial consonants, causing voicing distinctions to appear in the daughter language. Substratum words even gained voicing distinctions through comparison with the mediostratum's words.

Mediostratum #2

Basic description

The second mediostratum is actually largely a superstrate occuring from massive migration into the new stabilised and developing nation.

Dialectisation

Basic description

After growth, the nation began to end up with rather self-sufficient and powerful subregions which started to diverge from each other politically and culturally.

Dialect Merger

Basic description

After a period of reunification, the dialects largely became merged.

Superstratum

Basic description

Following a long period of peace and a subsequent period of isolationism, the nation was momentarily absorbed into another with greater technology and social progress.