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The reconstructed consonant phoneme inventory of Proto-Western, with with 37 consonants, is shown in the table below: | |||
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Revision as of 13:39, 28 September 2016
Proto-Phwaim is a fictional language by Polka Dot. Proto-Phwaim is the reconstructed ancestor of the Phim-Hwan languages, a family spoken for the most part in the central region of Ryusi. It is estimated to have been spoken around 10.000 HW.
PHONOLOGY
The reconstructed consonant phoneme inventory of Proto-Western, with with 37 consonants, is shown in the table below:
| Nasals | / m n nʲ ŋ / | < m n ń ŋ > |
|---|---|---|
| Stops | / p pʰ b t tʰ d k kʰ g / | < p ph b t th d k kh g > |
| Affricates | / t͡sʲ t͡sʲʰ d͡zʲ t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ d͡ʒ / | < ć ćh ǵ č čh ǧ > |
| Fricatives | / ɬ ɬʲ ɮ s sʲ z ʃ ʃʲ ʒ χ χʲ ʁ / | < ṣ ṣ' ẓ s s' z š š' ž x x' ḥ > |
| Approximants | / j w r rʲ l lʲ / | <y v r r' l l' > |
Nouns
Proto-Phwaim had 13 cases (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative, locative, ablative, instrumental, comitative, terminative, Illative, allative, equative, partitive), two systems of number (singular-dual–plural and collective–singulative) and two genders (human vs nonhuman). A noun root can take up to 3 inflectional suffixes:
root + (number) + (case) + (gender)
