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*ae ai aɨ > ɛ | *ae ai aɨ > ɛ | ||
==Morphological Changes== | ==Morphological and Syntactic Changes== | ||
*The most blatant change morphologically would be the evolution of a non-syntactic distinction between nominative and accusitive nouns. Originally a given sentance would have been written- | |||
? | |||
? | |||
? | |||
The man hit the dog on its nose. | |||
But it became fashionable to seperate the accusitive from other complements with a form of "and" or "with", creating- | |||
The man hit the dog and on its nose. | |||
only for ''i'' to become cliticized to the end of accusitive noun phrases. | |||
The man hit the dog. | |||
This even occurs now at the end of a string of adjectives for the phrase: | |||
The man hit the big ugly dog. | |||
Revision as of 17:16, 26 July 2008
Western Measceineafh is the Rajo-Faraneit language that was spoken in the Measceineafh, a coastal region on the continent of Lheinead. It quickly developed into two other languages: Fórong and Füronj. It is related to Faraneit, Rajat, Fraze, Hana, and Kelsiut among others.
Phonology
| Bilabial | Labio-Dental | Alveolar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | k g | q | ʔ | |
| Affricate | pf | ts | ||||
| Aspirate | bʰ | dʰ | ||||
| Fricative | f | s | x | |||
| Nasal | m | n | ɴ | |||
| Approximant | ʋ | l r ɺ ɬ |
Vowels: /ɨ i e ɛ a ɔ o u ʉ/
Sound Changes from PRF to WM
- p b t d + any fricative > pf) bv) ts) dz)
- θ [ð] s [z] > s z s z
- ɛ > e > i > ɨ
- ɐ > o > u > ʉ
- æ > a
- r ɻ > DELETED ɺ > ʔ ɺ (hypercorrection)
- ɭ > l
- nk nq kn qn > ɴ
- nt nd tn dn > n
- np nb pn bn > m
- mp mb pm bm > m
- v# > DELETED > f (hypercorrection)
- f s x k > [ʋ z ɣ g] V_V
- terminal unaccented vowels delete > phonemic /ʋ z ɣ g/
- z# ɣ# > s x ; #v > f
- remaining z > r
- bv) dz) > bv dz > bʰ dʰ
- ao eo au eu aʉ eʉ > ɔ
- ae ai aɨ > ɛ
Morphological and Syntactic Changes
- The most blatant change morphologically would be the evolution of a non-syntactic distinction between nominative and accusitive nouns. Originally a given sentance would have been written-
? ? ? The man hit the dog on its nose.
But it became fashionable to seperate the accusitive from other complements with a form of "and" or "with", creating-
The man hit the dog and on its nose.
only for i to become cliticized to the end of accusitive noun phrases.
The man hit the dog.
This even occurs now at the end of a string of adjectives for the phrase:
The man hit the big ugly dog.
