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*pseudo-Polynesian languages
*pseudo-Polynesian languages
**Some vowel inventories (possibly with length): a e i o; a e o; a i o; e i o u (as in arapaho); a eo i eu u
**Some vowel inventories (possibly with length): a e i o; a e o; a i o; e i o u (as in arapaho); a eo i eu u
**[[Tūpu Kaʔīnu]]: p t k b d ʔ; a i u ā ī ū
**[[Tūtu Kaʔīpu]]: p t k b d ʔ; a i u ā ī ū
**Noun class systems like Caucasian languages
**Noun class systems like Caucasian languages



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Dodellic
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Geographic
distribution
Etalocin
Linguistic classificationOne of Tricin's primary language families
Proto-languageProto-Dodellic

The Dodellic languages are a family of minority languages mostly spoken in Dodellia.

Languages

  • Dodellian (Feynman Italian gib)
  • pseudo-Eesti/Korean ("Korestoni"?)
  • pseudo-Polynesian languages
    • Some vowel inventories (possibly with length): a e i o; a e o; a i o; e i o u (as in arapaho); a eo i eu u
    • Tūtu Kaʔīpu: p t k b d ʔ; a i u ā ī ū
    • Noun class systems like Caucasian languages

Proto-Dodellic phonology

Dodellian + some extra consonants + eo/eu

Consonants

p t k q b d s m n l r y /p t k kw b d s m n l r j/

sl zl nl /ɬ ɮ nl/

Allowed initial clusters: pr tr kr

Allowed medial clusters: py ty ky ry ly my ny nly mp nt nk nkw

Vowels

a i o u e ı /a i o u e~ə ı/

Reflexes

Dodellian

k > ch, qe > te

pr tr kr > br dr r

py ty ky ry ly my ny nly mp nt nk nq > tt zz tt rr ll m nd l mp nt nt nc/nt/nqu

sl -> s initially, lt medially

zl -> ch initially, ld medially

nl > n initially, ln medially

a i o e u eu > a i o e u a?

Arabic/LP

a i o u e ı > /a i u u a i/

kw > '; s, k > k; r, l > d, m, n > b, d, y > '

mp nt nk nkw > pp tt kk ʔʔ

VCy > V:C

Lexicon

  • tutyo = to speak (Dod. tuzzo, tūtu in the Lakes Plain gib)
  • atı = 1 (Dod ata, LP gib ati)
  • epı = 2 (Dod epa, LP gib api)
  • mi, ki, ti = 1sg, 1+2du, 2sg (Dod mi, chi, ti; LP gib mi, ki, ti)
  • qe = also, too
  • qenya = language? cipher? (Dodellian tenda 'letter', LP gib ʔāna)