Proto-Dynic

Proto-Dynic
Created by	Gaffney McCoy Flancer
Setting	Veyn
Language family	Dynic language family Proto-Dynic

Proto-Dynic is a naturalistic constructed language made for the world of Veyn Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. It is intended to serve as the common ancestor to the largest language family in Veyn, the Dynic family. The language and the family are both named after the shared root for the word 'person' in many Dynic languages, in Hoada, the most common Dynic language; dyn.

Proto-Dynic is a non-diegetic reconstructed conlang; that is, it does not exist within world of Veyn, but rather is framed as a hypothetical reconstruction that linguists may arrive at after studying the Dynic languages of Veyn. Although most of the in-world peoples of Veyn may have a basic understanding that the Dynic languages share a multitude of similarities, and understand the concept that they may have split from a single language in the distant past, they have yet to develop a model of Proto-Dynic. Although it is in fact not a reconstructed language—it was created before/along with it's descendants, it is presented as though it were, for stylistic reasons.

Phonology

Consonants

Proto-Dynic consonant phonemes

		Labial	Dental	Palatal	Velar		Glottal
					plain	labial
Nasal		*m	*n	*ň	*ŋ	*ŋʷ
Stop	voiceless	*p	*t	*c	*k	*kʷ	*ʔ
	voiced	*b	*d		*g	*gʷ
Fricative			*s				*h
Liquid			*r *l	*y		*w

Vowels

Proto-Dynic vowel phonemes

	Front		Central		Back
	short	long	short	long	short	long
Close	*i	*ī			*u	*ū
Mid	*e	*ē	*ə	*ə̄
Mid			*a	*ā