Fraze

Fraze is a Rajo-Faraneih Language spoken in various sections of the Measceineafh. Although relatively secure as a language, it is somewhat threatened by its relative, Rajat, which is more economically powerful, as a local lingua franca.

Phonology

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar
Stop	p  b	t  d	ʈ		k
Affricate				ɟʝ)
Nasal	m	n
Fricative	f	s
Approximant		l	ɻ  ɭ

• Short Oral Vowels: /a e i o u/
• Long Oral Vowels: /a: i: u:/
• Nasal Vowels: /ɑ~ ɛ~/

Changes from Central Measceineafh

• All diphthongs become falling (through torsion of components of rising ones)
• ɑ > a, æ > e
• ʃ ʒ > s z
• θ > s
• x > h > DELETED
• ui iu > y > i
• ue io > ø > e
• ua uo > o: u:
• ia ie > e: i:
• a e o i u [+open syllables] > a: e: o: i: u:
• a: e: o: > e: i: u:
• p# t# k# q# > DELETED
• q > χ > h
• s (also [z]) + i,e > ʃ ([ʒ]) (Still underway, therefore sporadic)
• Cm mC Cn nC > m m n n
  • Where P is any other consonant
• u:m um un u:n > o:m om on o:n
• i:m im in i:n > e:m em en e:n
• an am en em on om > ɑ~ ɑ~ ɛ~ ɛ~ ɑ~ ɑ~
• do:m becomes dominant third person pronoun, eliminating the inanimate, the distinct plural (pluralized do:m is do:ma)