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
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ə | o |
| Open mid | ɛ | ɔ | |
| Open | a æ |
| Bilabial | Labiodental | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p b | t d | k g | ʔ | ||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Flap | ɾ | |||||
| Fricative | v | s z | ʃ | x | h | |
| Lateral | l |
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/.
/e/ and /o/ become /ɛ/ and /ɔ/ after voiced consonants.
/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 initial /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 occurs
Non-initial /t/ and /d/ dentalised
Modern Emegi
/ħ/ replaces /h/ initially in most dialects, including the standard language, under Arabic influence.
Orthography
Consonants
| Letter | IPA |
|---|---|
| B | /b/ |
| D | /d/ |
| C | /x/ |
| G | /g/ |
| H | /h/ |
| J | /ħ/ |
| K | /k/ |
| L | /l/ |
| M | /m/ |
| N | /n/ |
| Ň | /ŋ/ |
| P | /p/ |
| R | /ɾ/ |
| S | /s/ |
| Š | /ʃ/ |
| T | /t/ |
| V | /v/ |
| W | /w/ |
Vowels
| Letter | IPA |
|---|---|
| a | /a/ |
| aa | /æ/ |
| e | /ɛ/, /ə/ |
| eu | /e/ |
| o | /ɔ/ |
| ou | /o/ |
| u | /u/ |
Morphology
Cases
| Case | Ending |
|---|---|
| Absolutive | -/ |
| Ergative | -(a) |
| Genitive/Locative | -a(k) |
| Dative* | -r(a) |
| Ablative/Instrumental | -t(â) |
