Central Measceineafh
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Central Measceineafh is the name given to the language which predated Fraze and Rajat in the region which gave it it's name.
Sound Changes from Proto-Rajo-Faraneit to Central Measceineafh
- Sporadic Reduplication, typically with "stressed" items, ethnonyms and a few toponyms, as well as a few other words.
- r ɻ > ɻ
- ɛ æ > æ
- ɐ > ɑ
- initial ɻ > ɖ
- æɻ ɑɻ > əɻ > ɻ
- v [ð z] > DELETE
- pf) bv) tθ) ts) > f v θ s
- æ# ɑ# > ə > e
- ix ex æx ɑx ox ux > ə ɐ ɐ ɐ ɐ ə
- intervocular ɻ > z
- sæ se si zæ ze zi > ʃæ ʃe ʃi ʒæ ʒe ʒi
- "ɐ "ɑ ɐ ɑ > "ɑ "ɑ ɐ ɐ
Grammatical Changes
- Topicalization of subject - Within introductory or unconnected clauses, the subject of the verb has been topicalized into the forefront, prior to the verb. On clauses were another clause (somehow connected to the second, not merely independent), VSO word order was strongly preferred.
- Subtopicalization of the object - Within verbs which fronted the subject, secondary fronting of the object is not unheard of. Thus, a tertiary word order, SOV, has become relatively common.
- Originally distinguishing the unmarked accusitive from later clauses or dative, locative, or other constructions, the conjunction, i, became associated with accusative suffix marking, and became the dominant accusative marker in VSO constructions.
- The relatively right-branching tendencies were also weakened by the tendency to place counters, the generic pluralizer, and a few preposition forms prior to their antecedent.
- PRF demonstrative pronouns (*dæun and *dæum) became stressed third person pronouns.
