Poleiseam Faraneik: Difference between revisions

From FrathWiki
Jump to navigationJump to search
Line 61: Line 61:


==Changes from Standard Lescealh Faraneit==
==Changes from Standard Lescealh Faraneit==
*ʀ > r (arguably r was actually preserved instead of shifted to ʀ, but the historical record is unclear)
*ç > ʃ
*t# > k
*ɪ > ə
*ʊ > u > y
*ɔ > o > ø
*θ [ð] > f v
*Heam (place) becomes a geographic adjectivizer.
*-eih and -eit become active suffixes again (they were inactive in SLF)
*Doan is reserved solely for men and only as a respectful form. Dekein can be used, but only insultingly for men. Dekein is the only form used for women and other animates (as well as animates).
*The flexible gender classes become closed. Humans take animate copulas and all other nouns take inanimate copulas regardless of status.

Revision as of 13:29, 22 July 2008

Poleiseam Faraneik was the Faraneit spoken in Polizeih-controlled areas of Malaba prior to the collapse of Poleisah and the Tumultuous Era.

Phonemes

  Bilabial Labio-Dental Alveolar Post-Alveolar Retroflex Velar Uvular
Stop p  b   t  d     k q
Nasal m   n        
Fricative   f  v s  z ʃ  ʒ   x  
Approximant     r        
Lateral Flap     l   ɭ    

/i y e ø ɛ a ə o u/

Changes from Standard Lescealh Faraneit

  • ʀ > r (arguably r was actually preserved instead of shifted to ʀ, but the historical record is unclear)
  • ç > ʃ
  • t# > k
  • ɪ > ə
  • ʊ > u > y
  • ɔ > o > ø
  • θ [ð] > f v
  • Heam (place) becomes a geographic adjectivizer.
  • -eih and -eit become active suffixes again (they were inactive in SLF)
  • Doan is reserved solely for men and only as a respectful form. Dekein can be used, but only insultingly for men. Dekein is the only form used for women and other animates (as well as animates).
  • The flexible gender classes become closed. Humans take animate copulas and all other nouns take inanimate copulas regardless of status.