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The '''Gold language''' was spoken around 1900 AD along the south coast of Rilola. It is the parent language uniting all [[Khulls]], [[Thaoa]], and [[Poswa]]/[[Pabappa]] speaking populations. | The '''Gold language''' (also cvalled Diʕì) was spoken around 1900 AD along the south coast of Rilola. It is the parent language uniting all [[Khulls]], [[Thaoa]], and [[Poswa]]/[[Pabappa]] speaking populations. | ||
==POhonology== | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
There were labialized consonants in Gold, but they are not considered phonemic because unlike in Khulls and Poswa, they can only occur bnefore a vowel. Thus it is better to consider this as simply a /w/ inserted between a syllable onset and its nucleus. THis also means /w/ itself is phonemic rather than being considered, as in Khulls, just an allophone of /ʕʷ/. THus, with labialized consonants ignored, the setup is: | |||
::: /p b m f v w t d n s z l č ǯ j k ġ ŋ h g ḳ/ | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
/a i u ə/ | |||
===Tones=== | |||
Tones were not well developed in Gold. Syllables could be high or low, and since there were no long vowels, this is all the possibilities that existed. Note that high tone is spelled with a grave accent, as in '''à'''. Although there were only two tones, vowel sequences like àa and aà were becoming more common, and this is what led to the long tones of Khulls and its descendants, which are spelled '''ā''' and '''á''' respectively. Long tones also existed in Thaoa and Poswa but died out. | |||
Revision as of 11:04, 23 August 2015
The Gold language (also cvalled Diʕì) was spoken around 1900 AD along the south coast of Rilola. It is the parent language uniting all Khulls, Thaoa, and Poswa/Pabappa speaking populations.
POhonology
Consonants
There were labialized consonants in Gold, but they are not considered phonemic because unlike in Khulls and Poswa, they can only occur bnefore a vowel. Thus it is better to consider this as simply a /w/ inserted between a syllable onset and its nucleus. THis also means /w/ itself is phonemic rather than being considered, as in Khulls, just an allophone of /ʕʷ/. THus, with labialized consonants ignored, the setup is:
- /p b m f v w t d n s z l č ǯ j k ġ ŋ h g ḳ/
Vowels
/a i u ə/
Tones
Tones were not well developed in Gold. Syllables could be high or low, and since there were no long vowels, this is all the possibilities that existed. Note that high tone is spelled with a grave accent, as in à. Although there were only two tones, vowel sequences like àa and aà were becoming more common, and this is what led to the long tones of Khulls and its descendants, which are spelled ā and á respectively. Long tones also existed in Thaoa and Poswa but died out.
