Fraze

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Fraze is a Rajo-Faraneih Language spoken in various sections of the Measceineafh. Although relatively secure as a language, it is somewhat threatened by its relative, Rajat, which is more economically powerful, as a local lingua franca.

Phonology and Allophony

  Bilabial Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
Stop p  b t  d ʈ   k  
Affricate       ɟʝ)    
Nasal m n        
Fricative f s  z       h
Approximant   l ɻ  ɭ      
  • Short Oral Vowels: /a e i o u/
  • Long Oral Vowels: /a: i: u:/
  • Nasal Vowels: /ɑ~ ɛ~/
  • Consonantal Allophony and Distribution:
    • /ʈ/ only appears initially, but contrasts with all other phonemes
    • /ti di si zi li/ > [tʲi dʲi sʲi zʲi ʎi]
    • [sʲi zʲi] are in free variation with [ʃi ʒi]
    • /se ze/ is also in free variation with [ʃe ʒe]
    • /ki hi ka ha/ > [ci çi qa χa]
    • /b d ɟʝ/ > [b̊ d̊ ɟʝ̊] when word final
    • /s f/ and [sʲ] > [z v zʲ] when between two vowels
    • /b d ʈ/ > [bʰ dʰ ʈʰ] when word initial
  • Vowel Allophony:
    • /i: u:/ > [e: o:] prior to /m n/
    • /a e i o u/ > [ɐ ɛ ɪ ɔ ʊ] when unstressed
    • /a: i: u:/ and [e: o:] > [ɐ: ɪ: ʊ: ɛ: ɔ:] when unstressed
    • /ɑ~ ɛ~/ > [ɐ~ ə~] when unstressed

Morphology

Syntax

Lexicon

Changes from Central Measceineafh

  • All diphthongs become falling (through torsion of components of rising ones)
  • ɑ > a, æ > e
  • z > ɻ
  • ʃ ʒ > s z
  • θ > s
  • x > h > DELETED
  • ui iu > y > i
  • ue io > ø > e
  • ua uo > o: u:
  • ia ie > e: i:
  • a e o i u [+open syllables] > a: e: o: i: u:
  • a: e: o: > e: i: u:
  • p# t# k# q# > DELETED
  • q > χ > h
  • b d ɖ > bʱ dʱ ɖʱ word initially
  • ɖʱ > ʈʰ when stressed
  • ɖʱ > ʈʱ when unstressed
  • bʱ dʱ > bʰ dʰ when stressed
  • CʰV CʱV > CʰV˥ CʰV˩ > CʰV˩˥ CʰV˩ > CʰV: CʰV
  • Cm mC Cn nC > m m n n
  • u:m um un u:n > o:m om on o:n
  • i:m im in i:n > e:m em en e:n
  • an am en em on om > ɑ~ ɑ~ ɛ~ ɛ~ ɑ~ ɑ~
  • s z + i,e > ʃ ʒ (Still underway, therefore sporadic)
  • do:m becomes a completely dominant third person pronoun, eliminating the inanimate, the distinct plural (pluralized do:m is do:me), and fourth person forms, and all other cases being determined by it (do:mi, etc).