User:Ceige/Yingxi

From Linguifex
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Taxonomy

{Cladogram|caption=The Inglo-Yincese language family tree.

|clades= 

Splitoff #1


Ancient Yincese

Splitoff #2


Old Yincese

{{{1}}}


Middle Yincese

Splitoff #4


Early Modern Yincese

Dialect #1



Dialect #2



Dialect #3






}}

Primeval Consonant Inventory

Ancient Consonant Inventory

Initials

Labial Dental Palatal Velar Post-Velar
Plosive Aspirated
Suppressed p' t' k'
Voiced b d g *
Nasal Unvoiced ŋ̊
Voiced m n ŋ
Fricative Unvoiced ɸ * s h
Voiced v z * ɦ *
Sonorant Unvoiced ẘ * l̥ r̊ j̊ *
Voiced w l r j

Possible sound changes (might be in #Old Consonant Inventory, might be after)

  • g later merges with ɦ
  • ɦ and h later merge in some circumstances
  • ɸ and ẘ merge and become h- before back rounded vowels and w- before all others
  • s and z merge
  • j̊ and j merge, except before high-front vowels, where j̊ becomes h-

Old Consonant Inventory

Middle Consonant Inventory