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=== Allophony === | === Allophony === | ||
There is strong vowel allophony in AI, with backed or lowered allophones of most vowels occurring near the emphatic consonants. | |||
/i/ > [e] | |||
/u/ > [o] | |||
/a/ > [A] | |||
/i:/ > [i@] or [@i] | |||
/u:/ > [u@] or [@u] | |||
/a:/ > [A:] | |||
The diphthongs show allophony based on the following consonant, with raised allophones before voiceless ones. | |||
/aj/ > [Ei] | |||
/aw/ > [Ou] | |||
==Morphosyntax== | ==Morphosyntax== | ||
Revision as of 09:38, 26 November 2007
Archaic Imperial (AI) is the name given to the earliest attested ancestor of Modern Standard Imperial. The corpus of AI texts is fairly small: some runic carvings, and the Imperial Law Code of the Temple; the language has been reconstructed based on its daughter and sister languages with a fair degree of confidence.
Phonology
Consonants
| POA | Labials | Dentals | Emphatics | Velars | Uvulars | Glottals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voiceless stops | p /p/ | t /t/ | ṭ /tˤ/ | k /k/ | q /q/ | ? /ʔ/ |
| Voiced stops | b /b/ | d /d/ | ḍ /dˤ/ | g /g/ | ḡ /ɢ/ | |
| Fricatives | f /f/ | s /s/ | ş /sˤ/ | x /x/ | ẋ /χ/ | h /h/ |
| Nasals | m /m/ | n /n/ | ||||
| Liquids | l /l/, r /r/ | |||||
| Glides | y /j/ | w /w/ |
Vowels
- Short: /i a u/ i a u
- Long: /iː aː uː/ ī ā ū
- Diphthong: /ai au/ ai au
Suprasegmentals
Allophony
There is strong vowel allophony in AI, with backed or lowered allophones of most vowels occurring near the emphatic consonants. /i/ > [e] /u/ > [o] /a/ > [A] /i:/ > [i@] or [@i] /u:/ > [u@] or [@u] /a:/ > [A:]
The diphthongs show allophony based on the following consonant, with raised allophones before voiceless ones. /aj/ > [Ei] /aw/ > [Ou]
