Proto-Khtozar [PKTZ]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Khtozar
Proto-Khtozar is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Khtozaric languages of Árdan. It was spoken in the plains of the continent of Apantos around 3000 to 2000 years before the present day.
Features:
SOV, head-final, left-branching word order Split-ergativity based on aspect and telicity Middle voice Vowel rounding harmony (*mseec-éh₂äl speak-NPSTNon-past (tense)
present, continuous and future.HABHabitual (aspect)
done often or out of habit.PASSPassive voice (valency)
be verb-ed; *nsˀum-őh₂ol throw-NPSTNon-past (tense)
present, continuous and future.HABHabitual (aspect)
done often or out of habit.PASSPassive voice (valency)
be verb-ed) Funny consonant clusters (*mcʰil-; *tʰkʰáátin; *cʰpʰau-)
Proto-Khtozar is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Khtozaric languages of Árdan. It was spoken in the plains of the continent of Apantos around 3000 to 2000 years before the present day.
Features:
present, continuous and future.HABHabitual (aspect)
done often or out of habit.PASSPassive voice (valency)
be verb-ed; *nsˀum-őh₂ol throw-NPSTNon-past (tense)
present, continuous and future.HABHabitual (aspect)
done often or out of habit.PASSPassive voice (valency)
be verb-ed)
Language family relationships
Language treeKhtozaric
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Proto-Khtozar
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Proto-Khtozar[view] About KhtozaricOne of the primary language families of the world of Árdan. Spoken in the antisunward part of the continent of Mineia and on the continent of Apantos.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ1 | ŋ | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p pˀ pʰ | t tˀ tʰ | c cˀ cʰ | k kˀ kʰ | q qˀ | ʔ | ||||||||
| Fricative | s sˀ | h2 | ||||||||||||
| Lateral approximant | l | ʎ3 | ||||||||||||
| Approximant | j | w | ||||||||||||
| Trill | r | |||||||||||||
- [ɲ~nʲ]
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- [ʎ~lʲ]
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i | y | u | |
| Close-mid | e | ø | o | |
| Open-mid | ɛ1 | |||
| Open | ɑ2 | |||
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Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Khtozar. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Proto-KhtozarOrthography [edit] | ||||||||
| a/ɑ/1 | ä/ɛ/2 | c/c/ | cʰ/cʰ/ | cˀ/cˀ/ | e/e/ | h₁/ʔ/ | h₂/h/3 | i/i/ |
| j/j/ | k/k/ | kʰ/kʰ/ | kˀ/kˀ/ | ĺ/ʎ/4 | l/l/ | m/m/ | ń/ɲ/5 | n/n/ |
| o/o/ | ö/ø/ | p/p/ | pʰ/pʰ/ | pˀ/pˀ/ | q/q/ | qˀ/qˀ/ | r/r/ | s/s/ |
| sˀ/sˀ/ | t/t/ | tʰ/tʰ/ | tˀ/tˀ/ | u/u/ | w/w/ | y/y/ | ŋ/ŋ/ | |
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | ||||||||
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- [ʎ~lʲ]
- [ɲ~nʲ]
