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==Proto-Ranic phonology==
==Proto-Ranic phonology==
p pʰ β t tʰ ð tʲ tʲʰ ðʲ k kʰ ɣ ʔ
m n ŋ nʲ l lʲ r s sʲ h ʃ~ç w j
😍1
orthography:
p φ b t θ d t́ θ́ d́ k χ g ’
m n ŋ ń l ĺ r s ś h š w j
*ʔam-t-, χõsi, salu, mäkse, dilme, bäne
*ʔam-t-, χõsi, salu, mäkse, dilme, bäne
12: *χõsi-bäne -> χõspen -> khā̃pṇa "dozen" in modern Palkhan
12: *χõsi-bäne -> χõspen -> khā̃pṇa "dozen" in modern Palkhan
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should be *weke-
should be *weke-
*hjāh- (Middle Palkhan) -> yāh- (Modern Palkhan)
*hjāh- (Middle Palkhan) -> yāh- (Modern Palkhan)
==Morphology==
==Morphology==



Revision as of 03:09, 3 May 2019

Ranic
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Geographic
distribution
Chunda Capeto
Linguistic classificationOne of Tricin's primary language families
Proto-languageProto-Ranic

The Ranic languages are a family of minority languages mostly spoken in Chunda Capeto.

Languages

  • Capetan (Feynman Italian gib)
  • Palkhan
  • 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 Qāda: p t k b d ʔ; a i u ā ī ū
    • Noun class systems like Caucasian languages

Proto-Ranic phonology

p pʰ β t tʰ ð tʲ tʲʰ ðʲ k kʰ ɣ ʔ

m n ŋ nʲ l lʲ r s sʲ h ʃ~ç w j 😍1 orthography:

p φ b t θ d t́ θ́ d́ k χ g ’

m n ŋ ń l ĺ r s ś h š w j

  • ʔam-t-, χõsi, salu, mäkse, dilme, bäne

12: *χõsi-bäne -> χõspen -> khā̃pṇa "dozen" in modern Palkhan that sounds pretty marathi gibby

  • s ś -> Modern Palkhan t s

another greeky sound change in palkhan: *w sometimes becomes v and sometimes h

  • weće- -> yāh- "to be"

should be *weke-

  • hjāh- (Middle Palkhan) -> yāh- (Modern Palkhan)

Morphology

cases in palkhan:

  • wala "tale, story" (~ vaḷa in Kaḷēvaḷa)

nom: wala, walar acc: walak, walarak gen: walat, walan possessive suffixes: wala-ńe, wala-re, wala-mme, wala-śśi, wala-mkä, etc. (Palkhan, unlike Uralic, has grammatical gender)

Reflexes

Ranese

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

  • tutyó = 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
  • qénya = language? cipher? (Ranese téndá 'character', LP gib ʔāda)