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Proto-Rajo-Faraneit is the language from which all other Rajo-Faraneit languages derive. This includes [[Faraneit]], Rajat, Fórong, and several others. This language is quite nebulous and ill-defined in places due to a highly incomplete historical and linguistic record.
Proto-Rajo-Faraneit is the language from which all other Rajo-Faraneit languages derive. This includes [[Faraneit]], Rajat, Fórong, and several others. This language is quite nebulous and ill-defined in places due to a highly incomplete historical and linguistic record.


==Phonology==
==Phonology Chart==
==Phonology Chart==
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==Allophony and Phonotactics==
Allophony-
*/xi/ = [çi]
*/si/ = [ʃi]
*VX(V) = VY(V), where X is any unvoiced phoneme without a voiced counterpart and Y is the corresponding voiced phone
*/'e 'o 'æ/ = [e: o: æ:]
*unstressed /i u ɛ ɑ/ = [ɪ ʊ ə ɒ]
*V/i/V, V/u/V = V[j]V, V[w]V
*/#'i/, /#'u/ = [ji], [wu]
*stressed /p b t d k q/ are aspirated


==Grammar==
==Grammar==

Revision as of 01:24, 2 August 2007

Proto-Rajo-Faraneit is the language from which all other Rajo-Faraneit languages derive. This includes Faraneit, Rajat, Fórong, and several others. This language is quite nebulous and ill-defined in places due to a highly incomplete historical and linguistic record.

Phonology Chart

  Bilabial Labio-Dental Dental Alveolar Post-Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular
Stop p  b     t  d       k q
Affricate   pf  bv ts          
Nasal m     n          
Fricative   f  v θ s       x  
Approximants and Trills       r   ɻ      
Lateral Flap       l   ɭ      

Allophony and Phonotactics

Allophony-

  • /xi/ = [çi]
  • /si/ = [ʃi]
  • VX(V) = VY(V), where X is any unvoiced phoneme without a voiced counterpart and Y is the corresponding voiced phone
  • /'e 'o 'æ/ = [e: o: æ:]
  • unstressed /i u ɛ ɑ/ = [ɪ ʊ ə ɒ]
  • V/i/V, V/u/V = V[j]V, V[w]V
  • /#'i/, /#'u/ = [ji], [wu]
  • stressed /p b t d k q/ are aspirated

Grammar