Emegi

Emegi is effectively a modern descendant of a conworld equivalent of Sumerian, which in this case existed around 50BC. This is highly subject to change.

Phonology

Table of Old Emegi vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-mid	e	ə
Open	a

Table of Old Emegi consonants

	Bilabial	Alveolar	Postalveolar	Velar	Glottal
Plosive	p   b	t   d		k   g	ʔ
Nasal	m	n		ŋ
Flap		ɾ
Trill		r
Fricative		s   z	ʃ	h
Lateral		l

Modern Phonology

Table of Emegi vowels

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i		u
Close-mid	e	ə	o
Open mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open	a

Old to Mid-Emegi

Intervocalic lenition.

Merging of rhotics /r/ and /ɾ/.

/s/ and /z/ begin to merge into /z/.

Aspiration of /t/.

/u/s following voiced consonants begin to shift to /o/.

/i/s following voiced consonants begin to shift to /ɨ/.

/a/s following voiceless consonants begin to shift to /æ/.

Mid to early modern Emegi

Loss of final schwa.

Replacement of liaison /t/ with /ʔ/.

Overaspiration of /t/ leads to development into /s/.

Development of /w/ via word-initial l-vocalisation.

/t/ and /d/ velarised before back vowels.

/ɨ/ begins to shift to /ə/

Early modern Emegi

Initial devoicing, after old voiced consonants, /e/ and /o/ become /ɛ/ and /ɔ/.

Initial /t/ and /d/ dentalised

Modern Emegi

/ħ/ replaces /h/ initially in most dialects, including the standard language, under Arabic influence.