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This is my attempt at making a conlanger-oriented pseudo-reconstruction of "some stage" of Proto-Afroasiatic. By "Conlanger-oriented" I mean it incorporates a few extra bits that may not have actually existed or been widespread or common in the Proto-Afroasiatic stage, but I kept them in because I thought they look fun - mimation/nunation is a good example. | This is my attempt at making a conlanger-oriented pseudo-reconstruction of "some stage" of Proto-Afroasiatic. By "Conlanger-oriented" I mean it incorporates a few extra bits that may not have actually existed or been widespread or common in the Proto-Afroasiatic stage, but I kept them in because I thought they look fun - mimation/nunation is a good example. | ||
==Phonology== | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="graytable lightgraybg" style="width: auto; text-align:center;"| | |||
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" | Consonants !! rowspan="2" | Labial !! colspan="4" | Dento-Alveolar !! rowspan="2" | Velar !! rowspan="2" | Post-Velar !! rowspan="2" | Glottal | |||
|- | |||
!Plain !! Laminal !! Apical !! Lateral | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="3" | Stop/Affr.'s | |||
! Voiced | |||
| b || d || ᵈź (ź) || ᵈz (z) || || g || || | |||
|- | |||
! Unvoiced | |||
| p || t || ᵗś (ć) || ᵗs (c) || || k || || ʔ | |||
|- | |||
! Emphatic | |||
| || t’ || ᵗś’ (ć’)|| ᵗs’ (c’)|| ᵗɬ' (ƛ’)|| k’ (q)|| ʕ || | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" | Fricatives | |||
! Unvoiced | |||
| f || š (s)|| || || ɬ (ɬ~ƛ)|| χ || ħ || h | |||
|- | |||
! Voiced | |||
| || || || || || ɣ || || | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Sonorants | |||
| w || r || y || || l || || || | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Nasals | |||
| m || n || || || || || || | |||
|} | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
===Phonotactics (refer to Grammar)=== | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
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====Noun Summary==== | ====Noun Summary==== | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="graytable lightgraybg" style="width: 700px; text-align:center;"| | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="graytable lightgraybg" style="width: 700px; text-align:center;"| | ||
!Gender | ! colspan="2" rowspan="3" | Case !! colspan="4" | Gender | ||
!Absolutive | |- | ||
!Nominative | ! colspan="2" | Male !! colspan="2" | Female | ||
! | |- | ||
! Prefix !! Suffix !! Prefix !! Suffix | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="3" | Absolutive | |||
|- | |||
! Base | |||
| (a-) || -a || (ta-) || -ta | |||
|- | |||
! Mim/Nun | |||
| colspan="2" | -am || colspan="2" | -tam | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="3" | Nominative | |||
|- | |||
! Base | |||
| (wə/u-) || -u || (tə-) || -tu | |||
|- | |||
! Mim/Nun | |||
| colspan="2" | -um || colspan="2" | -tum | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="3" | Oblique | |||
|- | |||
! Base | |||
| (yə/i-) || -i || (ti/tə-) || -ti | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Mim/Nun | ||
| | | colspan="2" | -im || colspan="2" | -tim | ||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! colspan="2" | Reduced | ||
| | | (ə-) || -(ə) || (tə-) || -t(ə) | ||
|tə- | |||
| | |||
|} | |} | ||
===Adjectives=== | |||
===Pronouns=== | |||
===Verbs=== | |||
===Adverbs=== | |||
===Prepositions=== | |||
==Particles=== |
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