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====to Proto-Bustaxoid==== | ====to Proto-Bustaxoid==== | ||
* Coda m → n, with typical POA assimilation also finally kicking in. | * Coda m → n, with typical POA assimilation also finally kicking in. | ||
* | * Many clusters simplify to agree in voicing and/or MOA. | ||
** P1F2 → F1F2 | ** P1F2 → F1F2 | ||
** | ** PL → BL | ||
** NP → N̥P | |||
** NF → NV (?)<!--intervocalic voicing is alreddy a synchronic rule, so generalizing this here should be possible--> | |||
* h → ɦ, then lost initially, converted into vowel brethiness elsewhere | * h → ɦ, then lost initially, converted into vowel brethiness elsewhere | ||
* Dorsal fronting: plain velars become palatals, while uvulars become plain velars. | * Dorsal fronting: plain velars become palatals, while uvulars become plain velars. | ||
** Labiovelars are preserved. | ** Labiovelars are preserved. | ||
** Palatal/coronal incompatibility: tc ct çs → tː cː çː | ** Palatal/coronal incompatibility: tc ct çs → tː cː çː | ||
* Fricativ simplification: ɸ β θ ð ɬ ɮ ʝ ɣʷ → f v s z x j j w<!--latter of the fricshifts because *G blocks voicing of medial *x--> | |||
* Fricativ simplification: ɸ β θ ð ɬ | * Initially ɣ → ɡ | ||
** The ʀ allophone of former ʁ remains distinct by this stage. | ** The ʀ allophone of former ʁ remains distinct by this stage. | ||
* Cluster simplification continues: nw nj → nm nː | * Cluster simplification continues: nw nj → nm nː, N̥P → Pː | ||
Revision as of 14:06, 2 October 2008
A well-kno'n ancient literary language, demonstrably related to Tsonboran. The Bustaxian invasions of Levant begin around -3.7ka. The oldest inscriptions in the language date from -3.5ka. The Bustaxian Empire reaches its maximum extent (from central Persia and Afghanistan to Anatolia and Greece - not Caucasus, tho) around -3.2ka before decay sets in. The ruling dynasty takes refuge in northern Anatolia, and a separate Bustaxian state survives until trampled under the Altaic' expansion circa -1.4ka. Bustaxian continues to be used as a liturgical language.
Sound changes from Proto-West Persian':
to Proto-Bustaxoid
- Coda m → n, with typical POA assimilation also finally kicking in.
- Many clusters simplify to agree in voicing and/or MOA.
- P1F2 → F1F2
- PL → BL
- NP → N̥P
- NF → NV (?)
- h → ɦ, then lost initially, converted into vowel brethiness elsewhere
- Dorsal fronting: plain velars become palatals, while uvulars become plain velars.
- Labiovelars are preserved.
- Palatal/coronal incompatibility: tc ct çs → tː cː çː
- Fricativ simplification: ɸ β θ ð ɬ ɮ ʝ ɣʷ → f v s z x j j w
- Initially ɣ → ɡ
- The ʀ allophone of former ʁ remains distinct by this stage.
- Cluster simplification continues: nw nj → nm nː, N̥P → Pː
