Western Measceineafh

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Western Measceineafh is the Rajo-Faraneit language that was spoken in the Measceineafh, a coastal region on the continent of Lheinead. It quickly developed into two other languages: Fórong and Füronj. It is related to Faraneit, Rajat, Fraze, Hana, and Kelsiut among others.

Phonology

  Bilabial Labio-Dental Alveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
Stop p  b   t  d k  g q ʔ
Affricate   pf ts      
Aspirate        
Fricative   f s x    
Nasal m n     ɴ  
Approximant   ʋ l r ɺ ɬ      


Vowels: /ɨ i e ɛ a ɔ o u ʉ/

Sound Changes from PRF to WM

  • p b t d + any fricative > pf) bv) ts) dz)
  • θ [ð] s [z] > s z s z
  • ɛ > e > i > ɨ
  • ɐ > o > u > ʉ
  • æ > a
  • r ɻ > DELETED ɺ > ʔ ɺ (hypercorrection)
  • ɭ > l
  • nk nq kn qn > ɴ
  • nt nd tn dn > n
  • np nb pn bn > m
  • mp mb pm bm > m
  • v# > DELETED > f (hypercorrection)
  • f s x k > [ʋ z ɣ g] V_V
  • terminal unaccented vowels delete > phonemic /ʋ z ɣ g/
  • z# ɣ# > s x ; #v > f
  • remaining z > r
  • bv) dz) > bv dz > bʰ dʰ
  • ao eo au eu aʉ eʉ > ɔ
  • ae ai aɨ > ɛ

Morphological and Syntactic Changes

  • The most blatant change morphologically would be the evolution of a non-syntactic distinction between nominative and accusitive nouns. Originally a given sentance would have been written-
?
?
?
The man hit the dog on its nose.

But it became fashionable to seperate the accusitive from other complements with a form of "and" or "with", creating-



The man hit the dog and on its nose.

only for i to become cliticized to the end of accusitive noun phrases.



The man hit the dog.

This even occurs now at the end of a string of adjectives for the phrase:



The man hit the big ugly dog.