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#The alveolars ''t n'' shifted to '''k ŋ''' before any of /o u/.
#The alveolars ''t n'' shifted to '''k ŋ''' before any of /o u/.
==Oyster languages==
CONSONANTS:
                      PLAIN                      PALATALIZED
Rounded bilabials:    pʷ  bʷ          w
Bilabials:            p  b  m                  pʲ  bʲ  mʲ
Alveolars:            t  d  n  s  l          tʲ  dʲ      sʲ 
Postalveolars:        č  ǯ  ň  š  ł         
Palatals:            ć  ǵ  ń  ś  y        (ć  ǵ  ń  ś  y)
Velars:              k  ġ  ŋ  x  g          kʲ 
Labiovelars:          kʷ  ġʷ      xʷ  gʷ       
Uvulars:              q          h                       
Rounded uvulars:      qʷ          hʷ
VOWELS:
a  e  i  o  u
a̯    ɨ̯
The vowels in the lower row are ultrashort vowels, which are devoiced in some contexts, and are written with consonant symbols in the native alphabet.
===Proto-Oyster to RCV===
This language was spoken by the RCV party in Nōslina.
===Proto-Oyster to DOZ===
This language was spoken by the DOZ party in Gàqa.
===Proto-Oyster to KTI===
This language was spoken by the KTI party in Poise.
===Proto-Oyster to Olansele===
This language was spoken by the XIG party and some others in Olansele. It was just one of several languages spoken there.
===Proto-Oyster to TOT===
This language was spoken by the TOT party in Sapeepa.  It was just one of several languages spoken there.  There was no significant influence from Baywatch or Birch, just from Khulls.  The contact began just as Khulls was shifting /d/ > /r/.  At first the TOT speakers were dominant, but soon Khulls became the language of administration.
#The palatalized labials ''pʲ bʲ mʲ'' shifted to '''p b m '''.
#Coda stops disappeared, changing the preceding vowels to high tones unless the stops were voiced.
===Proto-Oyster to Teacher===
This language was spoken by in Hōkī.
===Proto-Oyster to HOL===
This language was spoken by the HOL party in Šelpa (Sàkwalo).


===Other languages===
===Other languages===
The states of Ládara, Etatăni, Halaspa, Pumpkin, and Pointer did not have their own languages.
The states of Ládara, Etatăni, Halaspa, Pumpkin, and Pointer did not have their own languages.


==Birch languages==
==Para-Birch languages==


  Bilabials:        p  m  f  w           
  Bilabials:        p  m  f  w           

Revision as of 17:12, 3 May 2020

These are ordered roughly west-to-east.

Cappini languages

Proto-Cappini was identical with Baywatch, but was grouped with the others for political reasons.

CONSONANTS: 

Bilabials:       p   m           b   
Alveolars:       t   n   s   l   r

And the vowels were /a e i o u/ in both short and long forms. The geminates /pp ss tt/ occurred, and there were sound gaps of */te so bo lo ro/, except in a few rare words where contraction of long vowels before geminates had created new short vowels there.


Cappini to Poise

This was the language spoken in Poise.

  1. The alveolars t n shifted to k ŋ before any of /o u/.
  2. Any singleton s disappeared to Ø.
  3. The geminates pp ss tt kk shifted to p s t k.

Cappini to Wineapple

This was the language spoken in Olansele.


  1. The alveolars t n shifted to k ŋ before any of /o u/.

Other languages

The states of Ládara, Etatăni, Halaspa, Pumpkin, and Pointer did not have their own languages.

Para-Birch languages

Bilabials:        p   m   f   w           
Alveolars:        t   n   s   l   
Postalveolars:            š   y                                  
Velars:           k   ŋ   h   g

There were four vowels, and the diphthongs /ai əi au əu/. The tone system was à/ă/ā and the schwa only occurred on the low tone.

See also

Notes

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