Taba

• Proto-Pfeunic
  • Proto-North Pfeunic
    • Nwairobi
  • Proto-South Pfeunic
    • Wiebian
    • Clickboarisch
    • Clickschwyzerdütsch
    • Old Whetmerish
      • Whetmerish, the most conservative modern Wiobic language

Numbers

1: *hwéma 2: *þiɧór 3: *nargë 4: *múlë 5: *sáliɧë 6: *stáma 7: *rúdë 8: *loretë 9: *parwë 10: *keyór 100: *þalya 1000: *saida 10000: *krábya

Phonology

Clickelvish gib / Elvish-PGmc hybrid

Notes

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

Consonants

24 consonants.

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Co-articulated	Velar	Labiovelar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/
Plosive	voiceless	p /p/	t /t/		ŧ /!~ǀ/	k /k/	qu /kʷ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/		đ /ɡ!~ɡǀ/	g /ɡ/	gw /ɡʷ/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	þ /θ/ s /s/		ɧ /ɧ/	h /x/	hw /xʷ/	h /h/
	voiced		z /z/
Trill			r /r/
Approximant			l /l/	j /j/			w /w/

Vowels

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	i /i/	í /iː/			u /u/	ú /uː/
Mid	e, ë /e̞/	é /e̞ː/			o /o̞/	ó /o̞ː/
Open			a /a/	á /aː/

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