Fraze: Difference between revisions
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*Short Oral Vowels: /a e i o u/ | |||
*Long Oral Vowels: /a: i: u:/ | |||
*Nasal Vowels: /ɑ~ ɛ~/ | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Revision as of 12:33, 5 August 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
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stop | p b | t d | ʈ | k | |
| Affricate | ɟʝ) | ||||
| Nasal | m | n | |||
| Fricative | f | s | |||
| Approximant | l | ɻ ɭ |
- Short Oral Vowels: /a e i o u/
- Long Oral Vowels: /a: i: u:/
- Nasal Vowels: /ɑ~ ɛ~/
Morphology
Syntax
Lexicon
Changes from Central Measceineafh
- All diphthongs become falling (through torsion of components of rising ones)
- ɑ > a, æ > e
- ʃ ʒ > s z
- θ > s
- x > h > DELETED
- ui iu > y > i
- ue io > ø > e
- ua uo > o: u:
- ia ie > e: i:
- 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)
- u:m um un u:n > o:m om on o:n
- i:m im in i:n > e:m em en e:n
- an am en em on om > ɑ~ ɑ~ ɛ~ ɛ~ ɑ~ ɑ~
