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Ruff divergence outline:
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) but less advanced in eg. geography & astronomy (1600s-ish).
* "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.
* ''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?
* A possible third hominid species survives in southern Africa?
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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); emphatics (West)
| Labiopalatals, no /m/, small vowel system
| Dispersed from Central Asia
| around Serengeti?
|-
|-
| [[Battlax]] || Sketch || Currently medium-sized, formerly major family
| Nilotic' || Sketch || Major family; possibly distantly related to Caucasian'
| No /p/, vricativs; brief /kx/ (branch 3)
| /tθ kx/; implosivs (West); voiceless nasals (Egyptian'); /j+ j-/, ejectivs & uvulars (South)
| NW India & therearound
| All the way along the Nile, eastern Sahara
|-
|-
| Caucasian' || Very sketch || Large but geographically limited family
| [[Zithromax]] || Very sketch || Major family
| Clicks (lost in some sub-branches), vricativs, tones, monosyllabic tendency
| Unitary splosivs & prenasals
| Caucasus & Levant
| Let's say Western Sahara
|-
|-
| [[Univax]] || Sketch || Single
| [[Univax]] || Sketch || Single language
| Allophonic uvulars, stable palatal stop, interdentals, noncontrastiv voicing, voiceless nasals, mid vowel harmony
| Allophonic uvulars, stable palatal stop, interdentals, noncontrastiv voicing, voiceless nasals, mid vowel harmony
| North Africa
| North Africa
|-
|-
| Klusterax || Sketch++ || Small family
| [[Ouiqál]] || Beginnings || Notable; family size undecided
| Loose phonotactics, non-contrastiv voicing
| Voiceless nasals
| Southeast Asia
| Anatolia, originates from SW Central Asia (due to Altaic' expansion)
|-
| [[East Caucasian' languages|East Caucasian']] || Postulated || Minor family - possibly related to SC'
|-
|-
| Mivizian || Sketch || Small family
| [[South Caucasian' languages|South Caucasian']] || Very sketch || Major but geographically limited family
| Vricativs, small vowel system
| Clicks (lost in some sub-branches), vricativs, tones, monosyllabic tendency
| Northern Drift Valley
| Caucasus & Levant
|-
|-
| Nilotic' || Sketch || Major family; possibly distantly related to Caucasian'
| [[Transcaspian']] || Very sketch || Small but old family
| /tθ kx/; implosivs (West); voiceless nasals (Egyptian'); /j+ j-/, ejectivs & uvulars (South)
| Palatalization, labialization, pharyngealization, …
| All the way along the Nile, eastern Sahara
| West-central Asia
|-
|-
| [[Ouiqál]] || Beginnings || Single language (for now; not isolate!).
| [[Proto-Altaic'|Altaic']] || Sketch+ || Major family
| Voiceless nasals
| Uvulars, labial-velars (East); emphatics (West)
| Anatolia, originates from SW Central Asia (due to Altaic' expansion)
| Dispersed from Central Asia
|-
|-
| [[Proto-Persian'|Persian']] || Sketch++ || Medium-sized family
| [[Proto-Persian'|Persian']] || Sketch++ || Medium-sized family
| Uvulars; tones, lhaterals, vricativs & multiple sonorant sets (modern branch)
| Uvulars; tones, lhaterals, vricativs & multiple sonorant sets (modern branch)
| From Persia eastwards
| 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… :)
|-
| [[Japanese'|Japonic']] || Sketch || Small, formerly medium-sized family
| /ɬ/
| Coastal East Asia
|-
|-
| [[Telefax]] || Sketch || Small family
| [[Telefax]] || Sketch || Small family
| Implosivs, lhaterals, nasal vowels
| Implosivs, lhaterals, nasal vowels
| North India
| 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
|-
| [[Zithromax]] || Very sketch || Major family
| Unitary splosivs & prenasals
| Let's say Western Sahara
|}
|}
===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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