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Revision as of 04:36, 29 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
CONSONANTS
The reconstructed consonant phoneme inventory of Proto-Phwaim, 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 stem can take up to 2 inflectional suffixes:
stem + (number) + (case)
