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** Labiovelars and ʀ are preserved. | ** Labiovelars and ʀ are preserved. | ||
** Palatal/coronal incompatibility: first member of a cluster yields to produce a geminate of the 2nd (except jd jt dj → rd rt ɟ(ː)). | ** Palatal/coronal incompatibility: first member of a cluster yields to produce a geminate of the 2nd (except jd jt dj → rd rt ɟ(ː)). | ||
*** Also in case this comes up, θt, tθ → tː | |||
* Fricativ simplification: ɸ β θ ð ɬ ɮ → f v s z x j | * Fricativ simplification: ɸ β θ ð ɬ ɮ → f v s z x j | ||
** Initially ɣ h → ɡ ∅, elsewhere both → ɦ | ** Initially ɣ h → ɡ ∅, elsewhere both → ɦ | ||
* t d alveolarize before velars (but not after) and adjacent to r, s | |||
* Cluster simplification continues: nw nj → nm nː, N̥P N̥F → Pː ːF | * Cluster simplification continues: nw nj → nm nː, N̥P N̥F → Pː ːF | ||
Latest revision as of 16:27, 13 December 2010
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 → N̥F
- Dorsal fronting: plain velars become palatals, while uvulars become plain velars.
- The contrast is neutralized (to velars) in several environments, including (…)
- Labiovelars and ʀ are preserved.
- Palatal/coronal incompatibility: first member of a cluster yields to produce a geminate of the 2nd (except jd jt dj → rd rt ɟ(ː)).
- Also in case this comes up, θt, tθ → tː
- Fricativ simplification: ɸ β θ ð ɬ ɮ → f v s z x j
- Initially ɣ h → ɡ ∅, elsewhere both → ɦ
- t d alveolarize before velars (but not after) and adjacent to r, s
- Cluster simplification continues: nw nj → nm nː, N̥P N̥F → Pː ːF
- Coda j → ʝ → ... → ʃ/ʒ
to Old Bustax
- Voiced fricativs devoice in most positions
- The alveolar allophones of t d affricate (cf. Northern Tsonboid A
- Sibilant + velar → postalveolar: tk [tsk] dɡ [dzg] sx (ʒg) → tʃ dʒ ʃ (ʒ)
- /k/ remains in sk → ʃk
- Loss of ɦ leads to tonogenesis