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Earth-Prime, as in "apostrophe-like thing", not "primary". Not as much as a conworld as much as a place to dump phonology sketches on. Regardless, they have quite a bit of interaction so some fleshing-out is inevitable.
Earth-Prime, as in "apostrophe-like thing", not "primary". Not as much as a conworld as much as a place to dump phonology sketches on. Regardless, they have quite a bit of interaction so some fleshing-out is inevitable.


As for now, a project summary.
Ruff divergence outline:
* "Present day" is around 15000 BCE by absolute chronology. Highest level of technology is mostly mid 1800sy, more advanced in eg. material sciences (<s>rudimentary quantum physics</s> experimentally going on spectroscopy, theoretically far behind) but less advanced in eg. geography & astronomy (1600s-ish).
* ''Homo sylvatica'', on the general level of development of ''H. erectus'', survives in northern woodlands of continental Eurasia as well as a separate subspecies in southeast Asia.
* A possible third hominid species survives in southern Africa?
 
==Project summary==


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! Location
! Location
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| [[Proto-Altaic'|Altaic']] || Sketch++ || Major family
| Genjax || Sketch || Single language, part of a large family (Mid-Sahel ~ upper Zambezi)
| Uvulars, labial-velars (East)
| Labiopalatals, no /m/, small vowel system
| Dispersed from Central Asia
| around Serengeti?
|-
| Nilotic' || Sketch || Major family; possibly distantly related to Caucasian'
| /tθ kx/; implosivs (West); voiceless nasals (Egyptian'); /j+ j-/, ejectivs & uvulars (South)
| All the way along the Nile, eastern Sahara
|-
| [[Zithromax]] || Very sketch || Major family
| Unitary splosivs & prenasals
| Let's say Western Sahara
|-
| [[Univax]] || Sketch || Single language
| Allophonic uvulars, stable palatal stop, interdentals, noncontrastiv voicing, voiceless nasals, mid vowel harmony
| North Africa
|-
| [[Ouiqál]] || Beginnings || Notable; family size undecided
| Voiceless nasals
| Anatolia, originates from SW Central Asia (due to Altaic' expansion)
|-
|-
| [[Battlax]] || Sketch || Currently medium-sized, formerly major family
| [[East Caucasian' languages|East Caucasian']] || Postulated || Minor family - possibly related to SC'
| No /p/, vricativs; brief /kx/ (branch 3)
| NW India? Branch 3 possibly in Anatolia (how did it tunnel past Persian'?)
|-
|-
| Caucasian' || Very sketch || Large but geographically limited family
| [[South Caucasian' languages|South Caucasian']] || Very sketch || Major but geographically limited family
| Clicks (lost in some sub-branches), vricativs, tones, monosyllabic tendency
| Clicks (lost in some sub-branches), vricativs, tones, monosyllabic tendency
| Caucasus & Levant
| Caucasus & Levant
|-
|-
| Klusterax || Sketch++ || Small family
| [[Transcaspian']] || Very sketch || Small but old family
| Palatalization, labialization, pharyngealization, …
| West-central Asia
|-
| [[Proto-Altaic'|Altaic']] || Sketch+ || Major family
| Uvulars, labial-velars (East); emphatics (West)
| Dispersed from Central Asia
|-
| [[Proto-Persian'|Persian']] || Sketch++ || Medium-sized family
| Uvulars; tones, lhaterals, vricativs & multiple sonorant sets (modern branch)
| From Persia eastwards (historically also Levant)
|-
| Klusterax || Sketch+ || Small family
| Loose phonotactics, non-contrastiv voicing
| Loose phonotactics, non-contrastiv voicing
| Previously, NW India, considering relocating them southwards maybe…
| Southeast Asia (need to pin down better)
|-
|-
| Mivizian || Sketch || Small family
| [[Battlax]] || Sketch || Currently medium-sized, formerly major family
| Vricativs, small vowel system
| Vricativs, no /p/; brief /kx/ (branch 3)
| Northern Drift Valley
| NW India & therearound
|-
|-
| Nilotic' || Sketch || Major family; possibly distantly related to Caucasian'
| [[Sahax]] || Sketch || Part of a small, fractured family
| /kx/; implosivs (South); ejectivs, voiceless nasals & uvulars (North)
| Vricativs, not keen on labial stops, /u/, /e/;  
| All the way along the Nile & in adjacent areas
| Woodlands of India
|-
|-
| Ouiqál || Single language (for now; not isolate!) || Beginnings
| [[Austric']] || Sketch+ || Major family of Southern Asia
| Voiceless nasals
| Small sound inventories; ablaut
| Anatolia, originates from SW Central Asia (due to Altaic' expansion)
|-
|-
| [[Proto-Persian'|Persian']] || Sketch++ || Currently small, formerly medium-sized family
| [[Classical Chinese']] || Sketch || "Classical Chinese". You do the math.
| Uvulars; tones, lhaterals, vricativs & multiple sonorant sets (modern branch)
| Polysynthetic, /ʃ/ w/o /s/
| From Persia east <> westwards?
| Gee, I have no idea… :)
|-
|-
| Polynesian' || Sketch || Major family
| [[Japanese'|Japonic']] || Sketch || Small, formerly medium-sized family
| Unitary splosivs & prenasals
| /ɬ/
| Not necessarily Polynesia (eg. Indonesia could also work), but nowhere near West Asia in any case!!
| Coastal East Asia
|-
|-
| [[Telefax]] || Sketch || Small family
| [[Telefax]] || Sketch || Small family
| Implosivs, lhaterals, nasal vowels
| Implosivs, lhaterals, nasal vowels
| Balkan
| North India? North Africa?
|-
| Uwjge?? || Almost nearly decent || Possibly single
| /ʀ/, fortis vs lenis stop system
| Not a clue, still possibly conworld-internal conlang if I don't declare it a strictly personal/engelang with no conworld background
|-
| WBSan || Very sketch || Possibly related to Uwjge
| Implosivs, possibly voiced aspirates
| Deeper in Europe
|}
|}
===Sprachbund symmary===
*Rare POAs
**Interdentals: central Sahara to East Africa, ATM <!--also sporadically elsewhere-->
**Pharyngeals/emphatics: NW Asia
**Labiovelars: Himalaya(ish)
**Lhaterals: NW India, …
**Front rounded vowels: Indonesia, Indochina (feat. vowel harmony), East Himalayan foothills
*Rare MOAs
**Voiceless nasals: East Mediterranean (limiting line: Black Sea ~ Libya) <!--ase-->
**Clicks: Caucasus
*Odd phonemes or holes
**No /p/ or even /b/: Southern India
**No or few nasals: Congo
*Other phonetic stuff
**Contour tones: Caucasus, Levant, the Indus valley to some extent
**Register tones: (??)
[[Category:Earth']]

Latest revision as of 15:56, 18 December 2010

Earth-Prime, as in "apostrophe-like thing", not "primary". Not as much as a conworld as much as a place to dump phonology sketches on. Regardless, they have quite a bit of interaction so some fleshing-out is inevitable.

Ruff divergence outline:

  • "Present day" is around 15000 BCE by absolute chronology. Highest level of technology is mostly mid 1800sy, more advanced in eg. material sciences (rudimentary quantum physics experimentally going on spectroscopy, theoretically far behind) but less advanced in eg. geography & astronomy (1600s-ish).
  • Homo sylvatica, on the general level of development of H. erectus, survives in northern woodlands of continental Eurasia as well as a separate subspecies in southeast Asia.
  • A possible third hominid species survives in southern Africa?

Project summary

Name Status World-internal size Areal(ish) features contained Location
Genjax Sketch Single language, part of a large family (Mid-Sahel ~ upper Zambezi) Labiopalatals, no /m/, small vowel system around Serengeti?
Nilotic' Sketch Major family; possibly distantly related to Caucasian' /tθ kx/; implosivs (West); voiceless nasals (Egyptian'); /j+ j-/, ejectivs & uvulars (South) All the way along the Nile, eastern Sahara
Zithromax Very sketch Major family Unitary splosivs & prenasals Let's say Western Sahara
Univax Sketch Single language Allophonic uvulars, stable palatal stop, interdentals, noncontrastiv voicing, voiceless nasals, mid vowel harmony North Africa
Ouiqál Beginnings Notable; family size undecided Voiceless nasals Anatolia, originates from SW Central Asia (due to Altaic' expansion)
East Caucasian' Postulated Minor family - possibly related to SC'
South Caucasian' Very sketch Major but geographically limited family Clicks (lost in some sub-branches), vricativs, tones, monosyllabic tendency Caucasus & Levant
Transcaspian' Very sketch Small but old family Palatalization, labialization, pharyngealization, … West-central Asia
Altaic' Sketch+ Major family Uvulars, labial-velars (East); emphatics (West) Dispersed from Central Asia
Persian' Sketch++ Medium-sized family Uvulars; tones, lhaterals, vricativs & multiple sonorant sets (modern branch) From Persia eastwards (historically also Levant)
Klusterax Sketch+ Small family Loose phonotactics, non-contrastiv voicing Southeast Asia (need to pin down better)
Battlax Sketch Currently medium-sized, formerly major family Vricativs, no /p/; brief /kx/ (branch 3) NW India & therearound
Sahax Sketch Part of a small, fractured family Vricativs, not keen on labial stops, /u/, /e/; Woodlands of India
Austric' Sketch+ Major family of Southern Asia Small sound inventories; ablaut
Classical Chinese' Sketch "Classical Chinese". You do the math. Polysynthetic, /ʃ/ w/o /s/ Gee, I have no idea… :)
Japonic' Sketch Small, formerly medium-sized family /ɬ/ Coastal East Asia
Telefax Sketch Small family Implosivs, lhaterals, nasal vowels North India? North Africa?

Sprachbund symmary

  • Rare POAs
    • Interdentals: central Sahara to East Africa, ATM
    • Pharyngeals/emphatics: NW Asia
    • Labiovelars: Himalaya(ish)
    • Lhaterals: NW India, …
    • Front rounded vowels: Indonesia, Indochina (feat. vowel harmony), East Himalayan foothills
  • Rare MOAs
    • Voiceless nasals: East Mediterranean (limiting line: Black Sea ~ Libya)
    • Clicks: Caucasus
  • Odd phonemes or holes
    • No /p/ or even /b/: Southern India
    • No or few nasals: Congo
  • Other phonetic stuff
    • Contour tones: Caucasus, Levant, the Indus valley to some extent
    • Register tones: (??)
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