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==Changes from Central Measceineafh==
==Changes from Central Measceineafh==
*f v x > DELETE
*ɑ > a, æ > e
*ɖ > ʈ
*ʃ ʒ > s z
*θ > f ([v] where intervocular)
*θ > s ([z] when intervocular)
*f# v# s# z# > DELETE
*x > h > DELETED
*iæ iɑ ie io iu > e e i ø y > e e i e i
*ui iu > y > i
*æ ɑ > a
*ue io > ø > e
*e [-stress|+closed syllable] > E > ə > a
*a e o i u [+open syllables] > a: e: o: i: u:
*ʃ + i,e + V > ʃV ([ʒ] where intervocular)
*a: e: o: > e: i: u:
*Stress regularizes to intial where there are three or fewer syllables; penultimate where there are more.
*p# t# k# q# > DELETED
*Fusion of fi (genitive), di (instrumental), and ni (dative) to beginning of nouns produces further cases and pushes stress back to second syllable, when it then regularizes again to penultimate in all nouns.
*q > χ > h
*s (also [z]) + i,e > ʃ ([ʒ]) (Still underway, therefore sporadic)

Revision as of 22:58, 8 June 2008

Fraze is a Rajo-Faraneih language spoken in various sections of the Measceineafh. Although relatively secure as a language, it is somewhat threatened by its relative, Rajat, which is more economically powerful, as a local lingua franca.

Phonology

Morphology

Syntax

Lexicon

Changes from Central Measceineafh

  • ɑ > a, æ > e
  • ʃ ʒ > s z
  • θ > s ([z] when intervocular)
  • x > h > DELETED
  • ui iu > y > i
  • ue io > ø > e
  • a e o i u [+open syllables] > a: e: o: i: u:
  • a: e: o: > e: i: u:
  • p# t# k# q# > DELETED
  • q > χ > h
  • s (also [z]) + i,e > ʃ ([ʒ]) (Still underway, therefore sporadic)
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