!suta

!suta was a language spoken in the Lescealh prior to the Faraneih colonization, when it went extinct, largely due to mass migration within and into Lescealh during that era.

Sound and Grammatical Changes from Proto-Rajo-Faraneit

Sound

• Development of Clicks and Vowel System Simplification
  • /r l ɻ ɭ/ delete syllable terminally
  • /pf) f bv) v ts) s tθ) θ x/ delete and lengthen the previous vowel syllable terminally
  • /p b t d k q/ delete syllable terminally
  • /m n/ delete and nasalize the previous vowel syllable terminally
  • /tɛ dɛ kɛ qɛ tɐ dɐ kɐ qɐ/ + C > ǃC ǃC ǂC ǂC ǃC ǃC ǂC ǂC
  • /mɛ mɐ pɛ pɐ bɛ bɐ/ + C > ʘC ʘC ʘC ʘC ʘC ʘC
  • /nɛ nɐ/ + C > ǀC ǀC
  • /pf) f bv) v ts) s z tθ) θ x r l ɻ ɭ/ + /ɐ ɛ/ + C > C
    1. ɛ#, #ɐ# > DELETE
  • Cɐ Cɛ > Ca
• Cluster and Affricate Simplification
  • ds sd ts st dθ θd tθ θt tθ) > z z s s ð ð θ θ θ
  • ks sk qs sq kθ θk qθ θq > ʃ ʃ x x x x χ χ
  • ps sp bs sb pθ θp bθ θb > ɸ ɸ β β ɸ ɸ β β
  • pf fp pf) bv vb bv) > f f f v v v
  • kx xk xq qx > x x x x
  • iV uV > jV wV
  • sj tj > ʂ ʈʂ > s ts)
• Other
  • f v ɸ β > DELETE
  • pf) bv) > f v
  • ʃ > x
  • qi qe ka ko > ki ke qa qo
  • ɻ ɭ > ʀ ʟ