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=== Basic description === | === Basic description === | ||
The Substratum of the language is descended from a phonetically simpler language not known from direct evidence. Its descendent, however, has complicated vowel combinations and has reduced syllable count in words significantly. | The Substratum of the language is descended from a phonetically simpler language not known from direct evidence. Its descendent, however, has complicated vowel combinations and has reduced syllable count in words significantly. | ||
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! Ancestor !! Daughter !! English !! Sister !! How they ended up | |||
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| kere > kéRè || kiea || grow || kere || *qia | |||
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| taxa > taha || tah || set || taa || *ta | |||
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| tiate > sate || sat || sit, remain || sate || *sa | |||
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| pexe-tara > péhà-taRa || piea(-tah) || father || heedara || *pia | |||
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| maxe-tara || mae(-tah) || mother || maedara || *mai | |||
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| peraxe-tara || paei(-tah) || brother || haedara || *pai | |||
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| tieu-xiatixere > seu-hsasere|| seo-hsia-siea || souzasere || *sou-xia-xia | |||
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| tekema || tek-ma || Earth || tekima || *tong | |||
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| taute || tot/tao-tao || people || toutsu || *tuo/tou/tao-tao | |||
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== Mediostratum #1== | == Mediostratum #1== | ||
=== Basic description === | === Basic description === | ||
This first mediostratum as it is called is actually a creolising influence that occured after the major changes of the substratum from its ancestor had completed and stabilised. | This first mediostratum as it is called is actually a creolising influence that occured after the major changes of the substratum from its ancestor had completed and stabilised. | ||
Phonetically, it featured a larger range of initial consonants, causing voicing distinctions to appear in the daughter language. Substratum words even gained voicing distinctions through comparison with the mediostratum's words. | |||
== Mediostratum #2== | == Mediostratum #2== | ||