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'''Proto-Wiobic''' is the common ancestor of [[Tsjoen]] and [[Wiobian]], as well as other Wiobic languages.
Placeholder for a joke [[Talmic]] language spoken in an alternate-history Tricin. Inspired by Græco-Latin vocabulary in English.
==Todo==
==Plan==
*''nsaati'' = tree
[[Thensarian]] > quasi-Latin gib > Latino-English gib
**Tsjoen ''zaet'' /zɛt/, Wiobian ''Nßäht'' /ⁿzɛːt/
*Tsj. seots, kljeo, sko, moe, fah, ex, tjeot, hjaet, kvjaet, tsju < ???
**seots > soc > Wb. ßozz
**kljeo < kliʔ > Wb. klie? klih?
**sko < skaa > Wb. skah
**moe < moj > Wb. moj
**fah < fah > Wb. fah
**ex < ieš > Wb. ies
**tjeot < tet > Wb. tett
**hjaet < heet > Wb. heht
**kvjaet < kweet > Wb. queht
**tsju '10' < ťiu > Wb. ziu


==Phonology==
Φēsvrostamāber glāduom gnovilatlom
===Consonants===
> Fērostimāber glādum novilacrum
Virtually identical to [[Wiobian]]
> Fesrostimer glade novilacre xD
{| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="text-align: center;"
[[Category:Jokelangs]]
! colspan="2"|
! | Labial
! | Alveolar
! | Medial
! | Velar
! | Lab.vel.
! | Glottal
|-
! colspan="2" | Nasal
| '''m''' /m/
| '''n''' /n/
| '''ň''' /ɲ/
| '''ng''' /ŋ/
|
|
|-
! rowspan="3" |Plosive
! | <small>voiceless</small>
| '''p''' /p/
| '''t''' /t/
| '''ť''' /c/
| '''k''' /k/
| '''kw''' /kʷ/
| '''ʔ''' /ʔ/
|-
! | <small>prenasalized</small>
| '''mp''' /ᵐb/
| '''nt''' /ⁿd/
| '''ňť''' /ᶮɟ/
| '''nk''' /ᵑg/
| '''nkw''' /ᵑgʷ/
|
|-
! | <small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' /b/
| '''d''' /d/
| '''ď''' /ɟ/
| '''g''' /g/
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" |Fricative
! | <small>plain</small>
| '''f''' /f/
| '''s''' /s/<br/>'''þ''' /θ/
| '''š''' /ç/
| '''h''' /x/
| '''hw''' /ʍ/
|
|-
! | <small>prenasalized</small>
| '''mf''' /ᵐv/
| '''ns''' /ⁿz/
|
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Liquid
|
| '''r''' /r/; '''l''' /l/
| '''ř''' /ɹ/
|
|
|
|-
! colspan="2" |Approximant
|
|
| '''j''' /j/
|
| '''w''' /w/
|
|}
 
===Vowels===
Fewer vowels than modern Wiobian or Tsjoen; vowel length was contrastive, as in Proto-Germanic.
 
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
! | &nbsp;
! style="width: 80px; " |Front
! style="width: 80px; " |Central
! style="width: 80px; " |Back
|-
! style="" |Close
| '''i ii'''
|
| '''u uu'''
|-
! style="" |Mid
| '''e ee'''
|
| '''o oo'''
|-
! style="" |Open
|
| '''a aa'''
|
|}
 
There were also six diphthongs, '''ai au ia ua eu iu'''.
 
===Phonotactics===
The syllable structure is (C)(C)V(C). In addition, clusters of two consonants are allowed word-finally. Final short vowel + no coda is prohibited in roots, as in Germanic and Khmer.
 
There are virtually no restrictions on consonant clusters, except:
*An obstruent may not follow a nasal.
 
===Proto-Wiobic to Tsjoen===
*prenasalized stops → voiced stops; -mp -nt ... > -mb -nd ... word finally
**similarly, mf ns > v z
*þ > t
*ť ď > ts z
*ň > j
*ř > zj for sure
*š > sj?
*Initial ng- > 0-
 
get both broad-slender and umlaut like I did with Varquun > Tsjoen
 
===Proto-Wiobic to Wiobian===
Umlaut and syncope (flesh out), mostly
 
==Grammar==

Latest revision as of 15:12, 28 April 2021

Placeholder for a joke Talmic language spoken in an alternate-history Tricin. Inspired by Græco-Latin vocabulary in English.

Plan

Thensarian > quasi-Latin gib > Latino-English gib

Φēsvrostamāber glāduom gnovilatlom > Fērostimāber glādum novilacrum > Fesrostimer glade novilacre xD

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