Proto-Botiq [PBQ]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Botiq
Tar met dažim!
/tʰar met ˈdaʒim/
Greetings!
Proto-Botiq is the ancestor of the
Early-Botiq , 
Classical-Botiq, and other languages. The name Botïq means mountain man.
Moderately analitic Head final Two gender/class: Animate, Inanimate SOV word order, but it has animacy hierarchy Front-back vowel harmony
/tʰar met ˈdaʒim/
Greetings!
Proto-Botiq is the ancestor of the
Early-Botiq , Classical-Botiq, and other languages. The name Botïq means mountain man.Sample of Proto-Botiq[view] Dorbot tïk ražnyar, won xäntšužïl džlür.
Everybody knows the moon’s made of cheese. [view all texts]
Everybody knows the moon’s made of cheese. [view all texts]
Language family relationships
Language treeBotiq
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Proto-Botiq
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Proto-BotiqPhonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | [ŋ]1 | [ɴ]2 | |||||||||||||
| Plosive | p [pʰ]3 | b | t [tʰ]4 | d | ɟ | k [kʰ]5 | g | q [qʰ]6 | ɢ | |||||||||
| Fricative | ɸ | β | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | ʝ | χ | [ʁ]7 | ħ | ||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s | d͡z | t͡ʃ | d͡ʒ | t͡ɬ | d͡ɮ | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | |||||||||||||||||
| Lateral fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||||||
- after back vowels, and before /k/ or /g/, allophone of /n/
- allophone of /n/
- allophone of /p/
- allophone of /t/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /q/
- allophone of /r/
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | y | ɯ | u |
| Close-mid | e | o | ||
| Open | a | ɑ | ||
Syllable StructureThe basic syllable structure is (C)V(C), where C could be any consonant. In PBQ words can not end, or begin with consonant clusters. Internal consonant clusters are allowed up to two consonants.
Cluster of voiced and unvoiced consonants are not allowed. The second consonant must assimilate to the first one. Voiced after unvoiced turns into unvoiced. Unoiced after voiced turns into voiced.
Cluster of voiced and unvoiced consonants are not allowed. The second consonant must assimilate to the first one. Voiced after unvoiced turns into unvoiced. Unoiced after voiced turns into voiced.
Stress informationPenultimate
Other/r/ turns into /ʁ/ after /q/,/ɢ/,/χ/, and back vowels.
/q/,/ɢ/,/χ/ can not occour before front vowels. They turn into /k/,/g/,/kʰ/.
Before back vowels /k/,/g/,/kʰ/ turns into /q/,/ɢ/,/χ/.
Unvoiced obstruments such as /p/,/t/,/k/,/q/ become aspirated in word initial position followed by a vowel, and at the end of an consonant cluster if followed by a vowel.
Nasal consonants after back vowels turn into /ŋ/ except if followed by a bilabial, alveolar, or uvular plosive.
Nasal consonants before bilabial plosives (/p/, /b/) turn into /m/
Nasal consonants before alveolar plosives (/t/, /d/) turn into /n/
Nasal consonants before velar plosives (/k/, /g/) turn into /ŋ/
Nasal consonants before uvular plosives (/q/, /ɢ/) turn into /ɴ/
/q/,/ɢ/,/χ/ can not occour before front vowels. They turn into /k/,/g/,/kʰ/.
Before back vowels /k/,/g/,/kʰ/ turns into /q/,/ɢ/,/χ/.
Unvoiced obstruments such as /p/,/t/,/k/,/q/ become aspirated in word initial position followed by a vowel, and at the end of an consonant cluster if followed by a vowel.
Nasal consonants after back vowels turn into /ŋ/ except if followed by a bilabial, alveolar, or uvular plosive.
Nasal consonants before bilabial plosives (/p/, /b/) turn into /m/
Nasal consonants before alveolar plosives (/t/, /d/) turn into /n/
Nasal consonants before velar plosives (/k/, /g/) turn into /ŋ/
Nasal consonants before uvular plosives (/q/, /ɢ/) turn into /ɴ/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Botiq. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Proto-BotiqOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| Aa/a/ | Ää/ɑ/ | Bb/b/ | Dd/d/ | DY dy/ɟ/ | DŽ dž/d͡ʒ/ | DZ dz/d͡z/ | DŽL džl/d͡ɮ/ | Ee/e/ | Ff/ɸ/ |
| Ĝĝ/ɢ/ | Gg/g/ | Hh/ħ/ | Ii/i/ | Ïï/ɯ/ | Kk/k/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ |
| Pp/p/ | Qq/q/ | Rr/r/ | Ss/s/ | Šš/ʃ/ | ŠL šl/ɬ/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡s/ | TŠ tš/t͡ʃ/ | TŠL tšl/t͡ɬ/ |
| Üü/y/ | Uu/u/ | Vv/β/ | Ww/w/ | Xx/χ/ | Yy/j/ | Zz/z/ | Žž/ʒ/ | ŽL žl/ɮ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
