Western Kelanian
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| Western Kelanian Kalányane | |
| Timeline/Universe: | (not yet named) |
| Total speakers: | none |
| Genealogical Classification: | Kelanian Western Kelanian |
| Basic word order: | SOV by convention, could be free |
| Morphological type: | fusional |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | fluid-S |
| Created by: | |
| Andrew | 2007 |
When men started expanding, their language started to change. In the west, the latest common language was what is now called Western Kelanian or sometimes Kalanian (native name Kalányane). The changes to Western Kelanian weren't to extreme, and it and Kelanian could probably have been mutually intelligible.
Sound Changes from Kelanian
P = plosive, N = nasal, F = fricative, L = liquid, W = semi-vowel C = a consonant, V = a vowel
- P[+voice] → P[-voice]/#_s
- P[+voice] → P[+voice][+asp]/ #_V
- P[+voice][+asp] → F[+voice] (/B D G/ <v dh gh>)
- V[-length] → Ø /_W
- Pw → Pʷ
- Cj → Cʲ
- Ci → Cʲi /_C, _#
- Ci → Cʲ /_V
- V[+length] → V[-length] /_#
- V[+stress] → V'[+stress] /_CV'
(I'm not sure if I wrote that in a way that makes sense. Its supposed to say that a stressed vowel becomes whatever the next vowel is.)
- V[-length] → Ø /C_C, where both C's are the same
- Stress moves to the antepenultimate vowel, or to the penultimate vowel if it is long.
Morphology Changes from Kelanian
Syntax Changes from Kelanian
The only real syntax change is in conventional phrase order, from OSV to SOV. As in Kelanian, phrase order isn't really necessary for meaning, and topicalization is still quite common.
