Proto-Razaric

Proto-Razaric is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Razaric languages. It is estimated to have been spoken around 4000 BC.

Phonology

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar			Palatal	Velar	Pharyngeal
		Sibilant	Flat	Lateral
Nasals	*m	*n				*ng
Voiceless stops	*p	*t				*k
Voiced stops	*b	*d				*g
Voiceless affricates		*ts	*tr	*tl
Voiced affricates		*dz	*dr	*dl
Voiceles continuants		*s	*rh	*lh
Voiced continuants	*w	*z	*r	*l	*j		*3

Vowels

	Front	Central	Back
High	*i		*u
Mid	*e		*o
Low		*a

Syllable structure

The maximal syllable structure is CVRC (R=nasal or continuant). Affricates may not occur in codas, but all consonants may occur in onsets.

Accent

The accent falls on the first syllable of the word.

Morphology

Proto-Razaric is reconstructed as a head-initial agglutinating ergative language.

Nouns

Nouns in Razaric are inflected for number (singular and plural) and case (absolutive, ergative, genitive, dative, instrumental, locative, allative, ablative). There is no gender distinction. The inflection is agglutinating, with the same case endings used in both numbers. In the singular, the stem vowel is repeated before the case ending. The plural marker is *-k in the absolutive and *-i- before a case ending.

Sample paradigm (*razar 'artisan'):

	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	*razar	*razark
Ergative	*razarak	*razarik
Genitive	*razaran	*razarin
Dative	*razarar	*razarir
Instrumental	*razarantik	*razarintik
Locative	*razarant	*razarint
Allative	*razarantar	*razarintir
Ablative	*razarantan	*razarintin

Verbs

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Syntax

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Vocabulary

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