Western Measceineafh

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	bʰ		dʰ
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.