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''This article is mostly about the historical kingdom.  For the present day Kava, see [[Nama#Kava]].''
In 2371, the [[Gold_Empire#Western_Pabaps|Lazy Palms]] tribe, a subgroup of the [[Paba]]p people, declared war on Nama and invaded the aboriginal homeland of Kava.


'''[[Kava]]''' is the name of a kingdom in the far southeast of Nama.  '''Pavbwa''' is the name of a city settled by [[Subumpam]]ese and [[Andanese]]-type people during a time in which Nama did not have control of the area.  Its etymology is similar to "Baeba Swamp" and indeed it is a mostly a swamp.  But it was the capital of a very powerful nation, Kava, during its time.  Its people called it "Lun" rather than Pavbwa; their descendants embraced Naman culture when they were eventually overhwlemed, and then later on, Poswob cutlure when Poswobs began taking over Nama.  They existed as Kava for a short time, roughly 3125 to 3348.
==Sound changes==
:''See [[Lenian languages]].''


==Languages==
:''See [[Lenian languages]] for many languages.''


==Daughter languages==
It is also possible, in fact likely, that the Lazy Palms ended up speaking the [[Oyster language]] at some point not long after 2371.
Ideally, none of these should have more than 10 changes, but Dreamlandic may have more because of an early shift that triggers others.
 
===Proto-Kava (3138?) to Pisi ===
The date of this language might actually be as far back as 3100 AD, perhaps 3138 AD witj tje founding of [[Yeisu Kasu]].  This might be the language of the [[Raspara]].
 
#After a high tone, voiced fricatives became voiced stops.  Thus ''v ž g'' became '''b ǯ ġ'''.
#Voiced fricatives in syllable-final position, or between vowels, became vocalized.  Thus ''v ž g'' became '''w y ʕ'''.  Here, the /ʕ/ is a stand-in symbol indicating a lengthening of the preceding vowel. 
#The sequences ''ʕa ʕi ʕu'' became '''a yi wu'''.  The same /ʕ/ also changed to /y/ or /w/ when following these same vowels, but the spelling was not changed.
#The vowel sequences ''aa əə'' became '''ā ə̄'''.
#The falling diphthongs ''ai əi au əu'' changed to '''ē ē ō ō'''.
#The vowel sequences ''ia iə ua uə'' changed to '''e e o o''', unless one member of the sequence was long.
#The sequences ''mp nt nč nć ŋk ŋq'' changed to the voiced stops '''b d ǯ ɟ ġ ġ'''.
#Syllables were front-loaded whenever possible.
#Syllable-final fricatives disappeared, lengthening the vowel they had followed.
#The uvular stop ''q'' became '''k'''.
 
 
 
By the year 3348, proto-Kava had evolved into a language called '''Pisi''', which split into a daughter language called [[Meromo]], spoken by exiles, and the future of mainline Pisi.


==History==
The ''Pūgàya'' people, whose name derived from their emblem featuring two "lazy" palm trees that crossed each other, broke with their home nation's long tradition of pacifism by invading Nama in the year 2371 and promising no end to their war until they had secured an independent homeland.  Their home nation, Paba, denounced the Lazy Palms' new war but, because of their pacifist tradition, they also refused to help Nama fight off the invaders.


The Pūgaya people dressed in white and were the only example of Lenians ever referring to themselves as "white people".  Earlier, they had been nudists, but as they pushed northwards into mountainous territory, they realized they needed to wear clothes to protect themselves from the elements. 


===Proto-Kava (3138?) to Super-Dreamlandic ===
However, the Palms also saw themselves as one with nature, and allowed wolves to live within their settlements, and refused to burn tracts of forest that housed other dangerous animals.  The wolves never attacked them, but many Palms were eaten or killed by wildcats.
:''See edit history for "pmslkrtn" target phonology. This is a complete reworking.''
===Early contacts with outside peoples===
The Palms declared loyalty to a distant Lenian tribe called '''Čappini'''. Then, the dark-skinned '''Nik''' tribe, based in southwestern Paba,  signed an alliance with the Palms.  Soon, a troop of 250 [[Crystals]] moved to Kava and set up a pig farm that occupied half of Kava's coastland.  The Palms had promised their settlers that they would allow no foreign peoples to occupy their land, but their military was too weak to expel the Crystals, and so they were forced to sign a treaty with the Crystals declaring that the Palms and Crystals were allies.  Soon, many of the Crystal settlers married Palms and blended into Palm society.


This is the superstratum language of Dreamland, *unless* the settlers simply adopt an aboriginal language.
Lastly, the [[FILTER|Oysters]] (FILTER) signed a pact with Kava, hoping that Kava would allow the Oysters to move in and use Kava as a pathway to a further invasion of [[Nama]].  The Oyster language soon became the dominant language of Kava.


#After a high tone, voiced fricatives became voiced stops.  Thus ''v ž g'' became '''b ǯ ġ'''.
==Later history==
#Voiced fricatives in syllable-final position, or between vowels, became vocalized.  Thus ''v ž g'' became '''w y ʕ'''.  Here, the /ʕ/ is a stand-in symbol indicating a lengthening of the preceding vowel. 
Kava was the parent nation of [[Meromo]].
#The sequences ''ʕa ʕi ʕu'' became '''a yi wu'''.  The same /ʕ/ also changed to /y/ or /w/ when following these same vowels, but the spelling was not changed.
#The vowel sequences ''aa əə'' became '''ā ə̄'''.
#:NOTE ON POLITICS: This is where the mixing happens.
#Prenasalized stops are voiced.
#''ň ń'' > '''ň'''.
#''l'' > '''l'''.
#''š ś č ć'' > '''š'''; ''ž ź ʒ ǯ '' > '''ž''' 
#''k q'' > '''k'''.
#''  g h'' > silence ('''Ø''').
#Possibly ''k ŋ'' (even the new /k/) > '''š ň''', due to allophony.
 
==Grammar==
Kava was isolated from the [[Gold language]] for most of its history, and therefore took most of its influence from the grammatically dissilimar [[Old Andanese]] language.  This caused Kava to develop a very simple grammar, losing most of the Subumpamese suffixes, while gaining no new prefixes or infixes  from Andanese.  A new part of speech called an ''auxiliary verb'' or ''weak verb'' appeared, which carried the meaning of inflections and behaved like verbs except that they did not carry the classifier prefixes that  full verbs did.
 
Some auxiliary verbs were derived from the Tapilula particles
#'''ŋò''' with; next to; near
#'''tò''' similar; to agree
#'''ŋà''' on top of
#'''hì''' member, dependent; underneath
#'''kè''' covering; standing over
#'''mə̀''' overlapping; in front of
#'''gà''' in front of
#'''hà''' to be changed by
#'''hù''' to capture, get
#'''hʷò''' to see beauty, to cover
#'''nə̀''' moving
#'''mò''' on top of
#'''pì''' supported by
#'''tà''' to push on
#'''là''' to pull on; to focus on, see clearly
 
==History==
:''See [http://www.frathwiki.com/index.php?title=Kava&oldid=118685#Early_history here].''


==Notes==
==Notes==
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[[Category:Macro-Pabap languages]]
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Latest revision as of 12:20, 3 May 2020

In 2371, the Lazy Palms tribe, a subgroup of the Pabap people, declared war on Nama and invaded the aboriginal homeland of Kava.


Languages

See Lenian languages for many languages.

It is also possible, in fact likely, that the Lazy Palms ended up speaking the Oyster language at some point not long after 2371.


History

The Pūgàya people, whose name derived from their emblem featuring two "lazy" palm trees that crossed each other, broke with their home nation's long tradition of pacifism by invading Nama in the year 2371 and promising no end to their war until they had secured an independent homeland. Their home nation, Paba, denounced the Lazy Palms' new war but, because of their pacifist tradition, they also refused to help Nama fight off the invaders.

The Pūgaya people dressed in white and were the only example of Lenians ever referring to themselves as "white people". Earlier, they had been nudists, but as they pushed northwards into mountainous territory, they realized they needed to wear clothes to protect themselves from the elements.

However, the Palms also saw themselves as one with nature, and allowed wolves to live within their settlements, and refused to burn tracts of forest that housed other dangerous animals. The wolves never attacked them, but many Palms were eaten or killed by wildcats.

Early contacts with outside peoples

The Palms declared loyalty to a distant Lenian tribe called Čappini. Then, the dark-skinned Nik tribe, based in southwestern Paba, signed an alliance with the Palms. Soon, a troop of 250 Crystals moved to Kava and set up a pig farm that occupied half of Kava's coastland. The Palms had promised their settlers that they would allow no foreign peoples to occupy their land, but their military was too weak to expel the Crystals, and so they were forced to sign a treaty with the Crystals declaring that the Palms and Crystals were allies. Soon, many of the Crystal settlers married Palms and blended into Palm society.

Lastly, the Oysters (FILTER) signed a pact with Kava, hoping that Kava would allow the Oysters to move in and use Kava as a pathway to a further invasion of Nama. The Oyster language soon became the dominant language of Kava.

Later history

Kava was the parent nation of Meromo.

Notes

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