Proto-Amaian [NPA]
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+ shared with: Amaian and Friends
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Amaian
Probably spoken around 500-1 BCE in what is now Amaia and Khambvan.
As of now, Proto-Amaian is the highest-level proto-language of the Amaian language family.
As of now, Proto-Amaian is the highest-level proto-language of the Amaian language family.
Sample of Proto-Amaian[view] kásakjəs twabɯ́ʀ tɯ́nɯn dáʀgənəza psúməbupəra
Why he has left the city is a mystery.[view all texts]
Why he has left the city is a mystery.[view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeAmaian
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Proto-Amaian
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Proto-Amaian[view] About AmaianAmaian-Zwazwan, Najim-Babzy, Wamenan, and the Ziimen languages. An independent language family of southern Miraria.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | |||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | k | g | q | |||||||
| Fricative | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʁ | |||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | ||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | ʎ | |||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
| Blends | bz | ps |
| Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u | ||
| Close-mid | [e]1 | [ø]2 | [o]3 | |||
| Mid | ə4 | |||||
| Open | a | |||||
- next to a glide or uvular, allophone of /i/
- next to a glide or uvular, allophone of /y/
- next to a glide or uvular, allophone of /u/
- epenthetic only
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Amaian. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Proto-AmaianOrthography [edit] | |||||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Bb/b/ | BZ bz/bz/ | Dd/d/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | DƷ dʒ/d͡ʒ/ | Ee[e]1 | Gg/g/ | Ii/i/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ | Mm/m/ |
| Nn/n/ | Oo[o]2 | Pp/p/ | PS ps/ps/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TƩ tʃ/t͡ʃ/ | Uu/u/ | Ww/w/ |
| Yy/y/ | Zz/z/ | Øø[ø]3 | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Əə/ə/4 | Ɯɯ/ɯ/ | Ʀʀ/ʁ/ | Ʃʃ/ʃ/ | Ʒʒ/ʒ/ | ʎ/ʎ/ | ||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||||
- next to a glide or uvular
- next to a glide or uvular
- next to a glide or uvular
- epenthetic only
Latest 8 related articles listed below.
NPA Grammar
the grammar
13-May-19 07:07From PEM to NPA
sound changes mainly
05-Dec-18 11:59How to add words to Proto-Amaian: NEW
have fun adding worbs
24-Jun-18 00:59
