| Proto-Sinatolean |
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| Created by | Jukethatbox |
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| Reconstruction of | Sinatolean languages |
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| Region | Eastern Sinatoleans, Western Nelahgan |
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| Era | 300-400 CE |
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| Lower-order reconstructions |
- Proto-Southern Sinatolean
- Proto-Naéllang
- Proto-Sinat’
- Proto-Central Sinatolean
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Proto-Sinatolean is the proto-language of the Sinatolean language family. It was spoken for around 100 years, between the years of around 300-400 CE, in a region that probably encompassed the eastern Sinatolean Archipelago and western half of the Nelahgan Islands. It diverged into what is now the Southern Sinatolean languages and Naéllang languages around 400-450 CE. Other major branches of the Sinatolean language family later split from the Southern languages between the years 600-800 CE.
Phonology
Consonants
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Labial |
Labiodental |
Alveolar |
Palatal |
Velar |
Glottal
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| Plosive
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*p *b |
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*t *d |
*c *j |
*k *g |
*ʔ
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| Nasal
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*m |
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*n |
*ñ |
*ŋ |
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| Fricative
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*f *v |
*s *z |
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*h
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| Semivowel
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*w |
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*y |
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| Lateral
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*l |
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Vowels
Short vowels
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Front |
Central |
Back
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| Close
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*i |
*é |
*u
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| Close-mid
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*e *ø |
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*o
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| Open
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*a |
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Long vowels
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Front |
Central |
Back
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| Close
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*iː |
*éː |
*uː
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| Close-mid
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*eː *øː |
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*oː
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| Open
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*aː |
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Morphology
Nouns
Syntax
Word order
Proto-Sinatolean is a verb-final language(SOV), as all Sinatolean languages are verb-final. In some cases however, the language of Narabõa does sometimes transition to a somewhat SVO-like form.
