Proto-Riphic

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Proto-Riphic is the proto-language for Kagasa and Raamaanujan.

Phonology

Consonants

Based on Proto-Semitic.

Proto-Kagasic consonant phonemes
Type Labial Inter-
dental
Dental/
Alveolar
Palatal Velar Pharyn-
geal
Glottal
central lateral
Nasal m /m/   n /n/          
Stop voiceless p /p/   t /t/     k /k/   ʔ /ʔ/
voiced b /b/   d /d/     g /ɡ/    
emphatic /pʼ/ /tʼ/     /kʼ/  
Fricative
or
affricate
voiceless   þ /θ/ š /ʃ/
s /s~t͡s/
ś /ɬ~t͡ɬ/   x /x~χ/ ħ /ħ/ h /h/
voiced   ð /ð/ z /z~d͡z/ ź /ɮ~dɮ/   ğ /ɣ~ʁ/ ȝ /ʕ/  
emphatic þʼ /t͡θʼ/ /t͡sʼ/ śʼ /t͡ɬʼ/        
Trill     r /r/          
Approximant       l /l/ y /j/ w /w/    

Vowels

a, e, i, o, u, ā, ē, ī, ō, ū, ai, au?

Morphology

Raamaanujan sauvaq 'this' ~ Kagasa -awb 'the'

Raamaanujan -artuq ~ Kagasa -a:t

Raamaanujan -aat, -iit, -uut ~ Kagasa "tā marbūṭa"

Raamaanujan -nut ~ Kagasa -n

Nouns