Old Ynju
| Old Ynju | |
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| Yndu | |
 "Yndu" in Mittaalo-Tenghinic script | |
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Mittaali
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Old Ynju (also called Old Mitaal) is a language from Mittaali language family, which is an ancestor of two languages: Ynju and Mitaal
Phonology
Consonants
Old Ynju Had usual inventory for an Mittaali language, featuring only 17 phonemic consonants.
| Labial | Dental | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||
| Stop | p pː (b) | t tː (d) | tʃ | k kː (g) |
| Fricative | f | s | ʃ | x |
| Trill | r | |||
| Approximant | w | l | j |
Vowels
Old Ynju had 8 vowels, not unlike Ynju and Mitaal. 7 can occur either short or long and 8th vowel, /ø/ could only be long
| Front | Back | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i iː y yː | u uː |
| Mid | e eː øː | o oː |
| Open | a aː | |
Development from Proto-Ynju-Wenth
Old Ynju features palatalisation of sequences *tj, *kj and *sj to t͡ʃ and ʃ. ʃProto-Ynju-Wenth stops *p *t *k lenited to [b], [d] and [g] intervocalicly, with [b] and [g] leniting to [w] and [j] respectivly when they are near a sonorant. In Ynju b d and g lenited further into [β], [j] and [h]. Geminated stops are retained in Ynju but became degeminated in Mitaal, making voicing phonemic. PYW *ʂ became ʃ everywhere. Sequences of a semivowel + vowel and vowel + semivowel monophtongised:
| Proto-Ynju-Wenth | Old Ynju | Envoirement |
|---|---|---|
| aj | eː | _{C, #} |
| ja | e | {C, #}_ |
| aw | oː | _{C, #} |
| wa | o | {C, #}_ |
| iw, uj | yː | _{C, #} |
| wi, ju | y | {C, #}_ |
| ajwa, awja | øː | Any |
Grammar
Old Ynju is an very regular, SVO head-initial, agglutinative language, much like other Mittaali languages. Nouns follow Nominative-Accusative alignment and verbs are conjugated for mood, voice, tense and aspect.