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for proto-s-wiebic:
what about a GVS (əy > ii > ay > əə > aa > ee and əw > uu > au > oo) in open syllables and another vowel shift (ii ee ay əy)(uu oo aw əw) in closed syllables?
iw > iə and uy > uə as i had before
this is still pre-s-wiebic
(inspired by your first draft of zoomic)
consonant shift: actually, should i use grimm's law for this one and keep ejectives for myuftseezh?
- nīmə "water" > naymə
numbers:
sorry
səyḱ'u > /si:c'u/
kʷ'li > *k'lī > /k'laj/
sqā > /sqa:/ (vowel raising shifts blocked after uvulars)
māwi > /me:wi/
payku > /pə:ku/
hə̄ƛix̌ > /ha:tɬiχ/
c̣ʼəthə̄ > /tʂətta:/
pʼaŋud > /p'aŋud/
ḱ'awń > /c'o:n/
xʷqāx̌ṭʼī > xʷqā̌qṭʼī > xʷqāqṭʼī > /xʷqa:qtaj/
kʷʼə̄cʼiw > /kʷ'a:ts'iə/
cʼiw > /ts'iə/
I'll have to do something with laryngeals - but what
maybe they become breathy voice which makes breathy voiced plosives
ha:tɬiχ > ha:tɬə̤ > ha:dɮʰə
(the vowel shift should depend on the laryngeal)
i love the breathy voice idea
btw I should have more clusters in PM since Dry Icelandic (geminates), Myuftseezh (big clusters) and S-Cuatham (clicks) rely on them
Phonology
Inspired by An Bhlaoighne and Hmoob
Consonants
| Labial | Denti-alveolar | Lateral | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | plain | m m | n n | ṇ ɳ | ŋ ŋ | ||||
| breathy voiced | mh mʱ | nh nʱ | ṇh ɳʱ | ŋh ŋʱ | |||||
| Stop | tenuis | p p | t t | ṭ ʈ | c c | k k | q q | ||
| aspirated | ph pʰ | th tʰ | ṭh ʈʰ | ch cʰ | kh kʰ | qh qʰ | |||
| voiced | b b | d d | ḍ ɖ | j ɟ | g g | ɢ ɢ | |||
| breathy voiced | bh bʱ | dh dʱ | ḍh ɖʱ | jh ɟʰ | gh gʱ | ɢh ɢʱ | |||
| Affricate | tenuis | ts ts | tσ tɬ | tṣ ʈʂ | |||||
| aspirated | tsh tsʰ | tσh tɬʰ | tṣh ʈʂʰ | ||||||
| voiced | dz dz | dλ dɮ | dẓ ɖʐ | ||||||
| breathy voiced | dzh dzʱ | dλh dɮʱ | dẓh ɖʐʱ | ||||||
| Fricative | plain | f f | s s | σ ɬ | ṣ ʂ | ç ç | h h | ||
| aspirated | fh fʰ | sh sʰ | σh ɬʰ | ṣh ʂʰ | çh çʰ | ||||
| Resonants | plain | l l | ḷ ɭ | ||||||
| breathy voiced | lh lʱ | ḷh ɭʱ | |||||||
Vowels
i u ə a i: u: e: ə: o: a: iə uə əj aj əw aw ⟨i u ə a ī ū ē ə̄ ō ā iə uə əi ai əu au⟩