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Proto-Vaniuan is a hypothetical common language that has had controversy in regards to the ethnicities involved. It is assumed that the proto language existed possibly between 3,000 and 1,000 BCE before the spread of horseback riding. | Proto-Vaniuan is a hypothetical common language that has had controversy in regards to the ethnicities involved. It is assumed that the proto language existed possibly between 3,000 and 1,000 BCE before the spread of horseback riding. An example of such cognates is the word "healthy" in Proto-Vaniuan, which is reconstructed as *kit, with reflexes ''see'' in [[Ohan language|Ohanian]], ''dut'' in [[Shohuan language|Shohuanese]], and ''kəḍ'' in [[Koman language|Komanian]]. | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== |
Revision as of 17:03, 29 January 2021
Proto-Vaniuan is a hypothetical common language that has had controversy in regards to the ethnicities involved. It is assumed that the proto language existed possibly between 3,000 and 1,000 BCE before the spread of horseback riding. An example of such cognates is the word "healthy" in Proto-Vaniuan, which is reconstructed as *kit, with reflexes see in Ohanian, dut in Shohuanese, and kəḍ in Komanian.
Phonology
Consonants
Edat Kiluz Theory
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |
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Nasal | ⟨m⟩ /m/ | ⟨n⟩ /n/ | ⟨ñ⟩ /ŋ/ | |||
Plosive | ⟨p⟩ /p/ ⟨ph⟩ /pʰ/ |
⟨t⟩ /t/ ⟨th⟩ /tʰ/ ⟨d⟩ /ʈ/ ⟨dh⟩ /ʈʰ/ |
⟨c⟩ /c~kʲ/ ⟨cw⟩ /cʷ~kʷʲ/ |
⟨k⟩ /k/ ⟨kh⟩ /kʰ/ ⟨kw⟩ /kʷ~kw/ ⟨kwh⟩ /kʰʷ/ |
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Fricative | ⟨s¹⟩ /s/ ⟨s¹h⟩ /sʰ/ |
⟨s²⟩ /ʃ~ç/ ⟨s²h⟩ /ʃʰ~çʰ/ |
⟨h¹⟩ /x~sʲ~h/ ⟨h²⟩ /x~xʷ~hʷ/ ⟨h³⟩ /ꭓ~h~ʔ~ʕ/ |
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Lateral app. | ⟨l¹⟩ /r~l/ | ⟨l²⟩ /ɫ~ʟ/ |
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
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Close | i | u | |
Mid | e¹ e² | o¹ o² | |
Open | a |
Corresponding Sets
Proto-Vaniuan | Proto-Shohuanese | Old Ohan | Proto-East Vaniuan | Proto-South Vaniuan | Hemberdorian Vaniuan |
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*m | /m*/ | /m/ | /mʲ*/ | /m*/ | /m/ |
*n | /n*/ | /n/ | /nʲ*/ | /n*/ | /n/ |
*ñ | /n*/ | /b~m*/ | /ŋ*/ | /ng*/ | /n~∅~ŋ/ |
*p | /b*/ | /p/ | /b*/ | /t*/ | /b/ |
*ph | /p*/ | /b/ | /f*/ | /?*/ | /p/ |
*t | /d*/ | /d/ | /d~t*/ | /t*/ | /t/ |
*th | /d~z~r*/ | /t~θ/ | /θ*/ | /θ*/ | /tʰ/ |
*d | /d*/ | /ts/ | /t*/ | /dl*/ | /tɕ~ɭ/ |
*dh | /r*/ | /dz/ | /tʰ*/ | /tʃ*/ | /ɾ~tɕʰ~ɭ/ |
*c | /j*/ | /k/ | /dʒ*/ | /ts*/ | /j/ |
*cw | /c*/ | /g/ | /dʒw*/ | /t*/ | /p/ |
*k | /g*/ | /x/ | /k*/ | /k*/ | /k/ |
*kh | /q~k*/ | /h/ | /x*/ | /r*/ | /kʰ/ |
*kw | /kw*/ | /g/ | /k*/ | /g*/ | /p/ |
*khw | /f*/ | /d~b/ | /kʰ*/ | /v*/ | /pʰ/ |
*s¹ | /z*/ | /s/ | /ʃ*/ | /ɟ*/ | /s/ |
*s¹h | /s*/ | /ʃ/ | /s*/ | /ts*/ | /ss~s/ |
*s² | /s*/ | /ʃ/ | /ʃ*/ | /ʃ*/ | /ɕ/ |
*s²h | /ʃ*/ | /ʃ/ | /ʃ*/ | /ʃ*/ | /ɕʰ/ |
*h¹ | /q*/ | /x~s/ | /h*/ | /x*/ | /h/ |
*h² | /w~hw*/ | /gl~gu~w/ | /w*/ | /w*/ | /h/ |
*h³ | /∅*/ | /∅/ | /∅*/ | /h*/ | /h/ |
*l¹ | /r*/ | /l~r/ | /lʲ*/ | /l*/ | /ɭ*/ |
*l² | /l~w*/ | /l~w/ | /ɰ*/ | /w*/ | /ɭ/ |