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'''Amade''' was a tropical empire located between 13°N and 17°N, centered west of [[ | '''Amade''' was a tropical empire located between 13°N and 17°N, centered west of [[Taryte]], at around 20°W. Its people were often politically hostile to Taryte. | ||
==Language== | ==Language== | ||
The language branched off from Tarise shortly after 1085 AD. It may have participated in the shift of /p t b d/ > /h s g z/ that marks out Tarise from all the other Macro-Gold languages, but it is more likely that Amade only did /p t/ > /f s/ and that the /t/>/s/ was conditional. From this point on, Amade became a very conservative language and by 1900 AD the parent language was still readable. | The language branched off from Tarise shortly after 1085 AD. It may have participated in the shift of /p t b d/ > /h s g z/ that marks out Tarise from all the other Macro-Gold languages, but it is more likely that Amade only did /p t/ > /f s/ and that the /t/>/s/ was conditional. From this point on, Amade became a very conservative language and by 1900 AD the parent language was still readable. | ||
/p/ will soon reappear from sequences like /tw kw/, and may end up even being more common than /b/. | |||
#The voiceless stops ''p tʷ'' shifted to '''f s'''. | |||
#The voiceless stop ''t'' shifted to '''s''' when before any of the high vowels /i ə u/. | |||
#The voiced fricatives ''g gʷ'' shifted to '''Ø w'''. However, the fricative allophones remained, and therefore came to also replace original Ø~ʕ. For example, syllable final -u merged with original gʷ, and obtained the velar frication as an allophone after a stressed vowel. | |||
==Culture== | ==Culture== | ||
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#[[Lenia]]ns, the light skinned, and typically blonde settlers who had built colonies in [[Paba]], [[Thaoa]], and other places along the tropical south coast. Also known as [[Mumba]]. | #[[Lenia]]ns, the light skinned, and typically blonde settlers who had built colonies in [[Paba]], [[Thaoa]], and other places along the tropical south coast. Also known as [[Mumba]]. | ||
#[[Merar|Lĕba]], a tribe of very tall, dark-skinned seagoing people who had settled in various other places along the tropical south coast. Despite their very different appearance, they were culturally related to the Lenians. | #[[Merar|Lĕba]], a tribe of very tall, dark-skinned seagoing people who had settled in various other places along the tropical south coast. Despite their very different appearance, they were culturally related to the Lenians. | ||
Unlike most nearby areas, these four racial groups got along peacefully and formed into a single tribe of varied appearance. They were still dark-skinned, but taller and somewhat less dark than the [[Tarise]] people. Yet they were outwardly aggressive, and Amadean pirates captured slaves of all racial backgrounds from nations both near and far. | |||
Revision as of 16:31, 15 February 2019
Amade was a tropical empire located between 13°N and 17°N, centered west of Taryte, at around 20°W. Its people were often politically hostile to Taryte.
Language
The language branched off from Tarise shortly after 1085 AD. It may have participated in the shift of /p t b d/ > /h s g z/ that marks out Tarise from all the other Macro-Gold languages, but it is more likely that Amade only did /p t/ > /f s/ and that the /t/>/s/ was conditional. From this point on, Amade became a very conservative language and by 1900 AD the parent language was still readable.
/p/ will soon reappear from sequences like /tw kw/, and may end up even being more common than /b/.
- The voiceless stops p tʷ shifted to f s.
- The voiceless stop t shifted to s when before any of the high vowels /i ə u/.
- The voiced fricatives g gʷ shifted to Ø w. However, the fricative allophones remained, and therefore came to also replace original Ø~ʕ. For example, syllable final -u merged with original gʷ, and obtained the velar frication as an allophone after a stressed vowel.
Culture
There were four tribal groups in Amade:
- Kxesh people, the dark-skinned aboriginals native to the area.
- Star people, the dark-skinned aboriginals who inhabited the lands to the east, had a small foothold in eastern Amade.
- Lenians, the light skinned, and typically blonde settlers who had built colonies in Paba, Thaoa, and other places along the tropical south coast. Also known as Mumba.
- Lĕba, a tribe of very tall, dark-skinned seagoing people who had settled in various other places along the tropical south coast. Despite their very different appearance, they were culturally related to the Lenians.
Unlike most nearby areas, these four racial groups got along peacefully and formed into a single tribe of varied appearance. They were still dark-skinned, but taller and somewhat less dark than the Tarise people. Yet they were outwardly aggressive, and Amadean pirates captured slaves of all racial backgrounds from nations both near and far.
