Fraze

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 and Allophony

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Stop	p  b	t  d	ʈ		k
Affricate				ɟʝ)
Nasal	m	n
Fricative	f	s  z				h
Approximant		l	ɻ  ɭ

• Short Oral Vowels: /a e i o u/
• Long Oral Vowels: /a: i: u:/
• Nasal Vowels: /ɑ~ ɛ~/

• Consonantal Allophony and Distribution:
  • /ʈ/ only appears initially, but contrasts with all other phonemes
  • /ti di si zi li/ > [tʲi dʲi sʲi zʲi ʎi]
  • [sʲi zʲi] are in free variation with [ʃi ʒi]
  • /se ze/ is also in free variation with [ʃe ʒe]
  • /ki hi ka ha/ > [ci çi qa χa]
  • /b d ɟʝ/ > [b̊ d̊ ɟʝ̊] when word final
  • /s f/ and [sʲ] > [z v zʲ] when between two vowels
  • /b d ʈ/ > [bʰ dʰ ʈʰ] when word initial
• Vowel Allophony:
  • /i: u:/ > [e: o:] prior to /m n/
  • /a e i o u/ > [ɐ ɛ ɪ ɔ ʊ] when unstressed
  • /a: i: u:/ and [e: o:] > [ɐ: ɪ: ʊ: ɛ: ɔ:] when unstressed
  • /ɑ~ ɛ~/ > [ɐ~ ə~] when unstressed

Changes from Central Measceineafh

• All diphthongs become falling (through torsion of components of rising ones)
• ɑ > a, æ > e
• z > ɻ
• 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
• b d ɖ > bʱ dʱ ɖʱ word initially
• ɖʱ > ʈʰ when stressed
• ɖʱ > ʈʱ when unstressed
• bʱ dʱ > bʰ dʰ when stressed
• CʰV CʱV > CʰV˥ CʰV˩ > CʰV˩˥ CʰV˩ > CʰV: CʰV
• Cm mC Cn nC > m m n n
• 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~
• s z + i,e > ʃ ʒ (Still underway, therefore sporadic)
• do:m becomes a completely dominant third person pronoun, eliminating the inanimate, the distinct plural (pluralized do:m is do:me), and fourth person forms, and all other cases being determined by it (do:mi, etc).