Melonian languages

The Melonian languages are a branch of Borogoni. The main modern languages are Azarian, Malwinish, and Qrellise. Azarian and Malwinish are more closely related to each other than either is to Qrellise.

Old Melonian had mostly ordinary phonetics, the only exception being the voiceless m sound used for nominative singular in a common declension (and sometimes in middles of words), and a plethora of verb tenses and noun cases, as did Proto-Borogoni. Verbs distinguished third-person and non-third-person, as well as singular and plural, as in Proto-Borogoni. Middle Melonian simplified the verb and noun systems, lost /r/ (usually turning it into /ʒ/), and developed a /c/ or /kʲ/ sound which changed in the daughter languages. Azarian further reduced the phonemic inventory, but developed tone to compensate, while Malwinish further simplified the verb system without much sound change.

Qrellise is descended from Middle Qrellise, about which I don't know much. The most salient feature of Qrellise is the clicks.

Some Old Melonian verb tenses (verb is "hista", to have): Present 1 (not specifically present) mes histas ses histas fi hista meba histanš seba histanš feba histan

Present 2 (I have right now) mes histis ses histis fi histi meba histinš seba histinš feba histin

Present 3 (I am having - presents 2 and 3 are conflated in Middle Melonian, and only 2 survives in Malwinish and 3 in Azarian) mes histos ses histos fi histo meba histonš seba histonš feba histon

Imperfect mes/ses histebas fi histeba meba/seba histebanš feba histeban

Aorist mes/ses histazos fi histazo meba/seba histazonš feba histazon

Narrative past mes/ses histir fi histir meba/seba histirnes feba histirne

Future 1 mes/ses histés fi histé meba/seba histénš feba histén

Future 2 (This verb has a phonological irregularity. The regular form is tánisa:tanisé:tanisté (pr1:fut1:fut2, "do").) mes/ses histetés fi histeté meba/seba histeténš feba histetén