Sound and Morphological Changes between Kelsiut and Proto-Rajo-Faraneit

Phonological Changes Chronologically

• terminal fricatives devoice
• /ˈt/ > [ˈtʰ]; /ˈk/ > [ˈkʰ]
• /æ/ > /a/; /ɑ/ > /ɔ/
• /ɛ/ > /ə/; /e o/ > [ɛ ɔ] when unstressed
• /v f/ are deleted.
• /bv pf/ > /v f/
• /θ s/ medially / z/; /θ s/ finally deleted
• /tθ ʦ/ > /θ s/
• /r l/ merge to /ɽ/.
• unaccented terminal vowels deleted (thereby created a contrast between [x], terminal and initial /x/, and [G], medial /x/. /k/ also splits from allophones [k] and [g].)
• Unpredictable stress regularizes into ultimate stress, but allophones of /t k e o/ do not shift alongside.
• /ɻ/ > /r\/
• /ɭ/ > /l/
• /tʰ/ > /ʦ/ [ʧ] before /i e/
• /kʰ/ > /tʰ/
• /q k/ merge to [k].
• /ng/ > ([ŋg]) /ŋ/
• /mb/ > /m/
• /nd/ > /n/
• /ai au/ > /ɛ ɔ/
• /ei ou oi eu ao ae/ > /e o i u ɔ E/
• /ki ke/ ([ci ce]) > /ʧi ʧe/
• All [ʧ] hypercorrected to /k/ [c]
• /tʰ t/ > /t/
• /ʦ/ > /t/ initially and /s/ elsewhere

Phonological Changes So You Can Follow What The Hell Is Happening

• Plosive Madness:
  • /ˈt/ > [ˈtʰ]; /ˈk/ > [ˈkʰ]
  • unaccented terminal vowels deleted (thereby created a contrast between [k], terminal and initial /k/, and [g], medial /k/.)
  • Unpredictable stress regularizes into ultimate stress, but allophones of /t k/ do not shift alongside.

/tʰ/ > /ʦ/ [ʧ] before /i e/

• • /kʰ/ > /tʰ/
  • /q k/ merge to [k].
  • /ki ke/ ([ci ce]) > /ʧi ʧe/
  • All [ʧ] hypercorrected to /k/ [c]
  • /tʰ t/ > /t/
  • /ʦ/ > /t/ initially and /s/ elsewhere

• Vowel Shift:
  • /æ/ > /a/; /ɑ/ > /ɔ/
  • /ɛ/ > /ə/; /e o/ > [ɛ ɔ] when unstressed
  • Unpredictable stress regularizes into ultimate stress, but allophones of /e o/ do not shift alongside.
  • /ai au/ > /ɛ ɔ/
  • /ei ou oi eu ao ae/ > /e o i u ɔ E/

• Fricatives:
  • /v f/ are deleted.
  • /bv pf/ > /v f/
  • /θ s/ > medially / z/; /θ s/ finally deleted
  • /tθ ʦ/ > /θ s/
  • terminal fricatives devoice
  • unaccented terminal vowels deleted (thereby created a contrast between [x], terminal and initial /x/, and [G], medial /x/.)

• Approximants:
  • /r l/ merge to /ɽ/.
  • /ɻ/ > /r\/
  • /ɭ/ > /l/

• Nasals:
  • /ng/ > ([ŋg]) /ŋ/
  • /mb/ /m/
  • /nd/ /n/

Grammatical Changes

• Because lenition essentially converted the verbal particles into dust, they dropped out of usage.
• Without an indicator of tense, aspect, or distinction between subject and object the grammar needed to respond quickly and did so. lEt (from *l`eTA ot, that day) became the simple past marker. mE (from ealier *mep, oblige) became the simple future marker. To compensate for the loss of agreement between subject and verb, the VSO and AVSO word order shifted to SVO, making the meaning much clearer.
• More is on its way.

Mutations

To form plurals in the proto-language, the adjective *be, meaning many, was added immediately following the noun in question. This language, similarly to the majority of the daughter languages cemented this to the end of nouns, eventually turning it into an affix -b.

This caused lenition on adjectives following plural nouns. Essentially, /p t k/ > /b d g/ > /v z ɣ/, /f θ s x/ > /v ð z G/ > [ʋ r_d r M\], /n m/ > /m m/. Other consonants didn't change.

Now here's where it gets really, really weird. Since the unusual endings differentiated the noun from singular, the plural marker was dropped when an adjective followed. The result is wonderful delicious ambiguity:

bel - tree belb - trees bel lizOm - garnished tree belb lizOm - garnished tree bel vOx - pretty tree OR paper trees

Example Derivation

Protolang: /ɑziɑ mid efdi tiʦ ɭeθ/ [ɑZI6 mid evdI tis: ɭeθ] PAST.1P build 1P.SING.NOM home this

Unnamed Daughterlang: /ɛf mid lɛt ti lɛ/ [ɛf mit lɛt ti lɛ] 1P.SING.NOM build PAST home this

Faraneit: /midɔʒiav tis ɭeθ/ [midɔʒjav tis ɭeð] build.PAST.REAL.1P.SING home this

I built this house.