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*i:m im in i:n > e:m em en e: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~ | *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: | *do:m becomes a completely dominant third person pronoun, eliminating the inanimate, the distinct plural (pluralized do:m is do:me), and fourth person forms, and all other cases being determined by it (do:mi, etc). |
Revision as of 12:45, 5 August 2008
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~/
Morphology
Syntax
Lexicon
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 a completely dominant third person pronoun, eliminating the inanimate, the distinct plural (pluralized do:m is do:me), and fourth person forms, and all other cases being determined by it (do:mi, etc).