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• Proto-Pfiunic
  • Classical Wiobian
    • Middle Wiobian
      • Reber Wiobian (Reber-Wiob-Muts "Courtly Wiobian") - a dialect continuum spread across most of Central Wiobermien
        • Modern Standard Wiobian, based on the Greater Wiobian dialect of the capital Hauerreberjamms (hoi1żai4jom5)
      • Gaufian, the second-largest topolect, spoken in North Wiobermien
      • Bäntlian, a Neck Thai-influenced lect
  • Old Whetmerish
    • Whetmerish, the most conservative modern Wiobic language
    • Kurmian, spoken in the Kurmian Mountains. Characterized by initial consonant mutations and preservation of inflection.
  • Nwairobi

Phonology

actually just gonna go ahead and say p p' b > f p b (grimm's law with glottalic pie)
actually p p' b > ph /pʰ/ p b
that's proto-pfiunic
actually should pʰ > f?
that's still elvish
f p b
PQuame:
m n
p t k kʷ q qʷ ʔ
b d g gʷ ɢ ɢʷ
pʼ tʼ kʼ kʷʼ qʼ qʷʼ
s ł h
z λ
c ƛ
cʼ ƛʼ
y w
r l
But first uvulars disappear:
actually no
uvulars don't vanish
10 will be kior
in AW
uvulars merge with velars
m n
p t k kʷ ʔ
b d g gʷ
pʼ tʼ kʼ kʷʼ
s ł h
z λ
c ƛ
cʼ ƛʼ
y w
r l
be- will be cognate to ui- in Naquian and bi- in Themsarian
does that make Themsarian too Germanic?
bi- will be an applicative in Themsarian
then, Grimm's law
m n
f þ x xʷ ʔ
b d g gʷ
p t k kʷ
s ł h
z λ
c ƛ
y w
r l
Laterals turn into click-type sounds
m n
f þ x xʷ ʔ
b d g gʷ
p t k kʷ
s ɧ h
z đ
c ŧ
j w
r l
what to do with s z c?
s > h (like in Talsmic)?
c > s
uhh
actually h should disappear first
c merges to s
so should the glottal stop
causing vowel lenthening
should i have tones in PPfiun?
pre-pfiun
they will trigger verner's law
So I have
m n
b d đ g gʷ
p t ŧ k kʷ
f þ ɧ x xʷ
s z
r l j w

Nouns

1st declension

*eɧ 'voice' singular:

• nom *eɧ
• acc *eɧaz
• gen *eɧ
• dat *eɧis
• pred *eɧą

plural:

• nom *eɧō
• acc *eɧōną
• gen *eɧō
• dat *eɧōns
• pred *eɧō

2nd declension

*wanþō 'body'

singular:

• nom *wanþō
• acc *wanþōz
• gen *wanþô
• dat *wanþônaz
• pred *wanþōz

plural:

• nom *wanþōiz
• acc *wanþôną
• gen *wanþōiz
• dat *wanþônį
• pred *wanþōiz

3rd declension

*ɧīmī 'hand'

Singular

• nom: *ɧīmī
• acc: *ɧīmīz
• gen: *ɧīmī
• dat: *ɧīmīs
• pred: *ɧīmīz

Plural:

• nom: *ɧīmai
• acc: *ɧīmainą
• gen: *ɧīmaiz
• dat: *ɧīmainį
• pred: *ɧīmai