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'''Ihhai''' is a nation to the north of [[Paba]] that survived for around 21000 years. Today it is part of the '''Moonshine Crown''', which itself part of [[Pusapom]] but is self-gvoerning. Thus ity could be said that even today Ihhai is independent. However, the peak of Ihhai's power was around the year 2700 AD. | '''Ihhai''' is a nation to the north of [[Paba]] that survived for around 21000 years. Today it is part of the '''Moonshine Crown''', which itself part of [[Pusapom]] but is self-gvoerning. Thus ity could be said that even today Ihhai is independent. However, the peak of Ihhai's power was around the year 2700 AD. | ||
==Language== | |||
===Phonology=== | |||
Phonology is similar to [[Babakiam]] at its classical stage. In some ways, it could be said that Ihhai made Babakiam what it was. That is, Ihhai is a toneless language that killed the tones of the [[Gold language]] and its descendnats in a graident from east to west. Only Khulls remaind tonal. Ihhai resembles Thaoa all in all. | |||
====Consonants==== | |||
/p b m t s n l r č š ž k x q ħ h/ | |||
Note that /b/ and /ž/ persist, as the only voiced non-sonorants, as in both Thaoa (except [[Palli]] dialect) and early Babakiam. However, these can be explained as being simply more forcefully pronounced variants of /w/ and /j/, since those sounds are both missing in Thaoa (but reappeared in Baba). | |||
====Vowels==== | |||
/a e i o u/ | |||
No diphthongs, which is common for this area. Thaoa actually has diphthongs, meaning it resisted the pressure of Ihhai and its neigfhbors. the diphonthons of Ihhai and Baba are better analyzed as vowel sequences, whereas those of Thaoa cannot be. <ref>This is a working idea. In particular, habing a 5 vowel systyem and not /a i u ə/. i may be mixing two different eras here, with the consonants from the old setup and the vowels from the new setup</ref> | |||
==noptes== | |||
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Revision as of 12:28, 17 November 2015
Ihhai is a nation to the north of Paba that survived for around 21000 years. Today it is part of the Moonshine Crown, which itself part of Pusapom but is self-gvoerning. Thus ity could be said that even today Ihhai is independent. However, the peak of Ihhai's power was around the year 2700 AD.
Language
Phonology
Phonology is similar to Babakiam at its classical stage. In some ways, it could be said that Ihhai made Babakiam what it was. That is, Ihhai is a toneless language that killed the tones of the Gold language and its descendnats in a graident from east to west. Only Khulls remaind tonal. Ihhai resembles Thaoa all in all.
Consonants
/p b m t s n l r č š ž k x q ħ h/
Note that /b/ and /ž/ persist, as the only voiced non-sonorants, as in both Thaoa (except Palli dialect) and early Babakiam. However, these can be explained as being simply more forcefully pronounced variants of /w/ and /j/, since those sounds are both missing in Thaoa (but reappeared in Baba).
Vowels
/a e i o u/ No diphthongs, which is common for this area. Thaoa actually has diphthongs, meaning it resisted the pressure of Ihhai and its neigfhbors. the diphonthons of Ihhai and Baba are better analyzed as vowel sequences, whereas those of Thaoa cannot be. [1]
noptes
- ↑ This is a working idea. In particular, habing a 5 vowel systyem and not /a i u ə/. i may be mixing two different eras here, with the consonants from the old setup and the vowels from the new setup
