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Stop phonation shifts initially result in a Xhosa-like outcome: voiceless -> voiceless aspirated and voiced -> voiced breathy while glottalized consonants are ejective (as in early PIE) with implosive allophones after unstressed vowels. Riphean is notable for having Grassmann's law apply to voiceless stops, so a PIE root like *tep- turns into /tepʰ-/, later reinterpreted as /t'epʰ-/. Riphean is a satem language, which means the labiovelars delabialized, and the palatovelars turned into alveolar affricates /tsʰ ts' dz/.
Stop phonation shifts initially result in a Xhosa-like outcome: voiceless -> voiceless aspirated and voiced -> voiced breathy while glottalized consonants are ejective (as in early PIE) with implosive allophones after unstressed vowels. Riphean is notable for having Grassmann's law apply to voiceless stops, so a PIE root like *tep- turns into /tepʰ-/, later reinterpreted as /t'epʰ-/. Riphean is a satem language, which means the labiovelars delabialized, and the palatovelars turned into alveolar affricates /tsʰ ts' dz/.


The "voiced" consonants of Riphean are actually half-voiced with the following vowel realized breathy. The development is somewhat parallel to the development of voiced PIE stops in Italic, Greek and Indo-Iranian. In South Riphic, including Mixolydian, these stayed distinct from the glottalized series, whereas North Riphic merged them and transferred the contrast to tone on the following vowel.
The "voiced" consonants of Proto-Riphic are actually half-voiced with the following vowel realized breathy. The development is somewhat parallel to the development of voiced PIE stops in Italic, Greek and Indo-Iranian. In South Riphic, including Mixolydian, these stayed distinct from the glottalized series, whereas North Riphic merged them and transferred the contrast to tone on the following vowel. This is believed to be the result of Uralic phonological influence.
 
Subsequently both Riphic branches underwent Grimm's law, where aspirated stops /ph th tsh kh/ turned into spirants /f θ s x/, with the reflex of /tsh/ merging with that of PIE *s. This occurred after the RUKI rule, which turned PIE *s after r, u, dorsals and i into <š>.
 
==Morphology==
 
To include dual
 
Proto-Riphic is morphologically similar to contemporaneous IE languages including Latin, Proto-Germanic and Proto-Balto-Slavic.
 
*wilhas "wolf"
 
nom: wilhas, wilhai
 
acc: wilhan, wilhās
 
gen: wilhā, wilhān
 
dat: wilhāi, wilhamas
 
instr/abl: wilhāþ, wilhamis
 
loc: wilhai, wilhaišu
 
voc: wilhe!, wilhai!
 
*bardē "beard"
 
nom: bardē, bardēs
 
acc: bardēn, bardejās
 
gen: bardēs, bardejān
 
dat: bardēi/bardējai, bardēmas
 
instr/abl: bardēþ, bardēmis
 
loc: bardēi, bardēišu
 
voc: bardē!, bardēs!


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Proto-Riphic (native name firmištarifjē irštinē) is a descendant of Late PIE with a Proto-Germanic, Proto-Balto-Slavic and Old Prussian hybrid aesthetic.

Phonology

Consonants

Thee evolution of consonants from PIE to Proto-Riphic involves various sound changes, including one similar to Grimm's law. In addition, Riphean developed a tone system with five tones from the interplay between PIE stop phonation and stress accent, analogous to Verner's law.

Stop phonation shifts initially result in a Xhosa-like outcome: voiceless -> voiceless aspirated and voiced -> voiced breathy while glottalized consonants are ejective (as in early PIE) with implosive allophones after unstressed vowels. Riphean is notable for having Grassmann's law apply to voiceless stops, so a PIE root like *tep- turns into /tepʰ-/, later reinterpreted as /t'epʰ-/. Riphean is a satem language, which means the labiovelars delabialized, and the palatovelars turned into alveolar affricates /tsʰ ts' dz/.

The "voiced" consonants of Proto-Riphic are actually half-voiced with the following vowel realized breathy. The development is somewhat parallel to the development of voiced PIE stops in Italic, Greek and Indo-Iranian. In South Riphic, including Mixolydian, these stayed distinct from the glottalized series, whereas North Riphic merged them and transferred the contrast to tone on the following vowel. This is believed to be the result of Uralic phonological influence.

Subsequently both Riphic branches underwent Grimm's law, where aspirated stops /ph th tsh kh/ turned into spirants /f θ s x/, with the reflex of /tsh/ merging with that of PIE *s. This occurred after the RUKI rule, which turned PIE *s after r, u, dorsals and i into <š>.

Morphology

To include dual

Proto-Riphic is morphologically similar to contemporaneous IE languages including Latin, Proto-Germanic and Proto-Balto-Slavic.

  • wilhas "wolf"

nom: wilhas, wilhai

acc: wilhan, wilhās

gen: wilhā, wilhān

dat: wilhāi, wilhamas

instr/abl: wilhāþ, wilhamis

loc: wilhai, wilhaišu

voc: wilhe!, wilhai!

  • bardē "beard"

nom: bardē, bardēs

acc: bardēn, bardejās

gen: bardēs, bardejān

dat: bardēi/bardējai, bardēmas

instr/abl: bardēþ, bardēmis

loc: bardēi, bardēišu

voc: bardē!, bardēs!