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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 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 | tθ | 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