Proto-Tassinean
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Proto-Tassinean | |
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Created by | Jukethatbox |
Reconstruction of | Tassinean languages |
Region | Tassi Basin, Tassinean Archipelago (later, through migration) |
Era | 3000YD-1300YD |
Lower-order reconstructions |
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Proto-Tassinean is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Tassinean languages, commonly spoken in the Tassinean Archipelago, though most Tassinists believe that Proto-Tassinean was originally spoken in the inland Tassi Basin, before Proto-Tassineans sailed to the Archipelago.
Phonology
Consonants
Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | |
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Plosive | *p *b | *t *d | *k *g | ||
Nasal | *m | *n | *N | ||
Fricative | *f *v | *s *z? | *h | ||
Tap or Flap | *r | ||||
(Lateral) Approximant | *l | *j | *w |
Consonants with a ⟨?⟩ are debated. Consonants with a ⟨§⟩ are not allophonic.
Vowels
Short | Long[1] | |||||
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Front | Central | Back | Front | Central | Back | |
Close | *i *y | *u | *ī *ȳ | *ū | ||
Close-mid | *e | *o | *ē | *ō | ||
Open | *a | *ä | *ā |
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Particles
Determiners
Singular | Plural | |||
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inanimate | animate | inanimate | animate | |
Near | *uir | *uirjä | *iwōr | *iwänar |
Far | *vēneh | *veāNah | *keseNōrə |
Proto-Tassinean differentiates determiners by two categories: grammatical number and animacy.
Syntax
Constituent order
Noun phrase
Verb phrase
Sentence phrase
Dependent clauses
Example texts
Other resources
- ^ Long vowels in Proto-Tassinean are debated, as there is no real pattern of long vowels within derivative languages of Proto-Tassinean.