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=== | ===Proto-Burunking=== | ||
====Consonants==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center | {| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! width="200px;" | Nasal | ||
| width="100px;" | '''m''' [m] || width="100px;" | '''n''' [n] || width="100px;" | || width="100px;" | | |||
|- | |- | ||
! p | ! Aspirated Stop | ||
| '''p''' [pʰ] || '''t''' [tʰ] || '''k''' [kʰ] || | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Unaspirated Stop | ||
| | | '''b''' [b] || '''d''' [d] || '''g''' [g] || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Fricative | ||
| | | || '''s''' [s] || || '''h''' [h] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Liquid | ||
| | | || '''l''' [l] <br> '''r''' [r] || || | ||
|} | |||
====Vowels==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! width="200px;" | High | ||
| | | width="100px;" | '''i''' [i] || width="100px;" | '''u''' [u] | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! width="200px;" | Mid | ||
| '''e''' [e] || '''o''' [o] | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! width="200px;" | Low | ||
| '''a''' [a] || | |||
|} | |||
====Phonotactics==== | |||
In the earliest period the minimal syllable structure was a single vowel. The maximal structure was: | |||
:: sC<sub>1</sub>VC<sub>2</sub>s | |||
* Syllables could begin with any single consonant or ''sp, sk, st''. | |||
* V could be any vowel. | |||
* Syllables could end with single ''l, r, n, s'' or complex ''ls, rs, ns''. | |||
====Roots and Derivation==== | |||
Proto-Burunking words consisted of a root, which usually took the form of a CVC, CVCV or CVCVC. Roots had no particular part of speech (though they were more commonly nominal or adjectival in their base form), and the inflexional morphology determined the semantics of a root. Vowel-final roots may take an extension, mainly ''-n, -, -r'' or ''-s'' which does not alter the meaning fundamentally. | |||
Some common prefixes include: | |||
* ''*ha-'' to create nominals | |||
* ''*he-'' to create a non-finite verb | |||
* ''*hi-'' a collective | |||
Some common suffixes include: | |||
* ''-i'' past participle | |||
* ''*-hi'' attributive | |||
* ''*-s'' creates nominals | |||
===Chronology of Changes=== | |||
* '''Initial Cluster simplification:''' initial ''sp, sk, st'' became ''s'' [s] while earlier ''s'' > ''sh'. | |||
** New ''s'' also develops after final ''l, n, r''. | |||
* '''''P'' becomes ''f''''' | |||
* '''H-loss:''' occurred in the following stages: | |||
** initially, leading to word-initial vowels (e.g. ''ha-'' > ''a-'') | |||
** after ''l, n, r'' which became ''L, N, R'' | |||
** medially, giving rise to new long vowels and diphthongs: | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! width="50px;" | !! width="100px;" | ha !! width="100px;" | he !! width="100px;" | hi !! width="100px;" | hu !! width="100px;" | hu | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! a | ||
| | | aa > a || ae > ee > e || ai || ao > oo > o || au | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! e | ||
| | | ea > aa > a || ee > e || ei || eo > oo > o || eu | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! i | ||
| | | ya || ye || ii > i || yo || yu | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! o | ||
| | | oa > aa > a || oe > ee > e || oi || oo > o || ou | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! u | ||
| | | ua || ue || ui || uo || uu > u | ||
|} | |} | ||
* '''Fortition of final consonants:''' ''l > L, n > N, r > R,'' (merging with existing ''L, N, R < lh, nh, rh''), and ''s > ts, s > tsh'' | |||
** Strong consonants are retained in derived words between vowels but return to their weak counterparts before consonants | |||
* '''Changes to diphthongs:''' following the reduction of earlier long vowels, diphthongs become long vowels and then diphthongs: | |||
** ''ai > ɛː > ya'' | |||
** ''au > ɔː > ua'' | |||
** ''ei > eː > ye'' | |||
** ''eu, ou > oː > ue'' | |||
** ''oi > øː > yo'' | |||
* '''Elimination of final clusters:''' | |||
** ''l'' is vocalised to ''u'' before all consonants leading to new diphthongs ''au, eu, yu, ou'' and long ''uu'', so ''Vlts > Vuts'' | |||
** ''nts'' becomes ''ts'' | |||
** ''rts'' becomes ''rVts'' | |||
*** elsewhere within a root, ''rC'' > ''rVC'' (e.g. ''erdi > eredi''). | |||
* '''Vowel Raising:''' ''i'' and ''u'' raise ''a, e, o'' to ''e/o, i, u'' in a preceding vowel. This process is regressive so a new ''i'' or ''u'' raises the preceding vowel again, e.g. '' eredi > eridi > iridi''. | |||
* '''Lenition of medial ''s, sh'' to ''h, x'' and ''ts, tsh'' to ''s, sh'''''. | |||
** This creates new diphthongs and long vowels as ''VhC, VxC'' become ''VVC, ViC''. | |||
* '''N, L, R''' become ''ɲ, ʎ, ʐ'' then ''ng, i, z''. | |||
* '''Palatalization''' of ''t, d, s'' to ''ch, j, sh'' before ''i, y'' and ''n, l, r'' become ''ɲ, ʎ, ʐ'' then ''ng, i, z''. | |||
* '''Labialization''' of ''k, g, t, d, ng'' to ''p, b, s, z, m'' before ''u''. | |||
* '''Vowel Lowering:''' an ''a'' causes a preceding ''i, u'' to become ''e, o'', except where it is blocked by an intervening semivowel. | |||
* '''''r''C > CC''' | |||
Vowel affection: | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! width="50px;" | !! width="100px;" | _a !! width="100px;" | _i !! width="100px;" | _u | ||
|- | |- | ||
! a | ! a | ||
| || e || o | | || e || o | ||
|- | |- | ||
! e | ! e | ||
| || i || | | || i || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! i | ! i | ||
| e || || | | e || || | ||
|- | |- | ||
! o | ! o | ||
| || u || || || | | || u || u | ||
|- | |||
! u | |||
| o || || | |||
|- | |- | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== | ===Syllables=== | ||
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;" width="90%;" | |||
|- | |||
! !! !! p !! b !! t !! d !! k !! g !! x !! h !! sh !! s || n !! N !! l !! L !! r !! R | |||
|- | |||
! a | |||
| a || fa || ba || ta || da || ka || ga || xa || ha || sha || sa || na || nga || la || ya || ra || za | |||
|- | |||
! e | |||
| e || fe || be || te || de || ke || ge || xe || he || she || se || ne || nge || le || ye || re || ze | |||
|- | |||
! o | |||
| o || fo || bo || to || do || ko || go || xo || ho || sho || so || no || ngo || lo || yo || ro || zo | |||
|- | |||
! i | |||
| i || fi || bi || chi || ji || ki || gi || colspan="2;" | xi || colspan="2;" | shi || ni || ngi || li || yi || ri || zi | |||
|- | |||
! ya | |||
| colspan="2;" | ya || bya || cha || ja || kya || gya || colspan="2;" | xa || colspan="2;" | sha || colspan="2;" | nga || colspan="2;" | ya || colspan="2;" | za | |||
|- | |||
! ye | |||
| colspan="2;" | ye || bye || che || je || kye || gye || colspan="2;" | xe || colspan="2;" | she || colspan="2;" | nge || colspan="2;" | ye || colspan="2;" | ze | |||
|- | |||
! yo | |||
| colspan="2;" | yo || byo || cho || jo || kyo || gyo || colspan="2;" | xo || colspan="2;" | sho || colspan="2;" | ngo || colspan="2;" | yo || colspan="2;" | zo | |||
|- | |||
! u | |||
| u || fu || bu || su || zu || pu || bu || xu || fu || shu || su || nu || mu || lu || yu || ru || zu | |||
|- | |||
! ua | |||
| ua || fua || bua || sua || zua || pua || bua || xua || fa || shua || sua || nua || mua || lua || yua || rua || zua | |||
|- | |||
! ue | |||
| ue || fue || bue || sue || zue || pue || bue || xue || fe || shue || sue || nue || mue || lue || yue || rue || zue | |||
|- | |||
! uo | |||
| uo || fuo || buo || suo || zuo || puo || buo || xuo || fo || shuo || suo || nuo || muo || luo || yuo || ruo || zuo | |||
|- | |||
! +C | |||
| colspan="9;" | || iC<sup><small>VL</small></sup> || :C<sup><small>VL</small></sup> || nC, mC || || uC || || CC || | |||
|- | |||
! Final | |||
| colspan="9;" | || sh || s || || ng || || i || || z | |||
|} |
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