Proto-Rartakan [RAK]
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Language type
Proto-Conlang
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Rartakan
The proto language of a large family found in northern Jeehoop and surrounding nations. Spoken by traditionally nomadic peoples that are believed to have migrated east from Vaniua, bringing knowledge and technology with them for taming and riding horses.
Sample of Proto-RartakanCan't find any yet.
Language family relationships
Language treeRartakan
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Proto-Rartakan
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Proto-Rartakan[view] About RartakanFormerly widespread across North-East Vaniua, this family is now largely spoken in north Jiihuhp and surrounding nations. Characterised by clicks and 'emphatic consonants'.
Phonology
| Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Alveolo- palatal | Palatal | Velar | Other | |||||||||
| Nasal | m m̥ | n̪ n̪̥ | ɳ ɳ̥ | ɲ ɲ̥ | ||||||||||||||
| Plosive | p pʼ | b | t̪ t̪ʼ | d̪ | ʈ ʈʼ | ɖ | c cʼ | ɟ | k kʼ | g | ||||||||
| Fricative | θ1 | s | z | |||||||||||||||
| Affricate | t͡s t͡sʼ | d͡z | t͡ɬ t͡ɬʼ | d͡ɮ | ||||||||||||||
| Approximant | ʋ2 | ɹ | ɻ3 | j4 | ||||||||||||||
| Click | ǀ ǀ̃ˀ ǀ̃ (ǀ̬)5 ǀʰ | ǃ ǃ̃ˀ ǃ̃ (ǃ̬)6 ǃʰ | ǁ ǁ̃ˀ ǁ̃ (ǁ̬)7 ǁʰ | |||||||||||||||
- Also reconstructed as /ɬ/
- Also reconstructed as /v/
- Also reconstructed as /ʐ/
- Also reconstructed as /ɰ/, /ɣ/, /x/ or /h/
- Marginal; phonemic status unclear
- Marginal; phonemic status unclear
- Marginal; phonemic status unclear
| Vowels | Front | Back | ||
| Close | i i: | u u: | ||
| Close-mid | e e: | o o: | ||
| Open | a a: | |||
| Polyphthongs | ai̯1 | uə̯ | iə̯ | oə̯ | au̯2 | eə̯ | ui̯3 | iu̯4 | aə̯ |
- Also reconstructed as /ae̯/
- Also reconstructed as /ao̯/
- Also reconstructed as /ue̯/
- Also reconstructed as /io̯/
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Rartakan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
| Proto-RartakanOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
| a/a/ | â/aə̯/ | ā/a:/ | b/b/ | c/t͡s/ | č/c/ | cʼ/t͡sʼ/ | čʼ/cʼ/ | c̱/t͡ɬ/ | c̱ʼ/t͡ɬʼ/ |
| d/d̪/ | ē/e:/ | ê/eə̯/ | e/e/ | g/g/ | hm/m̥/ | hñ/ɲ̥/ | hn/n̪̥/ | hrn/ɳ̥/ | î/iə̯/ |
| i/i/ | ī/i:/ | ǰ/ɟ/ | j/d͡z/ | j̄/d͡ɮ/ | k/k/ | kʼ/kʼ/ | l/ɻ/1 | m/m/ | ñ/ɲ/ |
| n/n̪/ | o/o/ | ô/oə̯/ | ō/o:/ | p/p/ | pʼ/pʼ/ | r/ɹ/ | rd/ɖ/ | rn/ɳ/ | rt/ʈ/ |
| rtʼ/ʈʼ/ | s/s/ | ś/θ/2 | t/t̪/ | tʼ/t̪ʼ/ | û/uə̯/ | ū/u:/ | u/u/ | v/ʋ/3 | y/j/4 |
| z/z/ | ǀ/ǀ/ | ǀg/ǀ̬/5 | ǀh/ǀʰ/ | ǀn/ǀ̃/ | ǀnʼ/ǀ̃ˀ/ | ǁ/ǁ/ | ǁg/ǁ̬/6 | ǁh/ǁʰ/ | ǁn/ǁ̃/ |
| ǁnʼ/ǁ̃ˀ/ | ǃ/ǃ/ | ǃg/ǃ̬/7 | ǃh/ǃʰ/ | ǃn/ǃ̃/ | ǃnʼ/ǃ̃ˀ/ | ||||
| ✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] | |||||||||
- Also reconstructed as /ʐ/
- Also reconstructed as /ɬ/
- Also reconstructed as /v/
- Also reconstructed as /ɰ/, /ɣ/, /x/ or /h/
- Marginal; phonemic status unclear, loan words only
- Marginal; phonemic status unclear, loan words only
- Marginal; phonemic status unclear, loan words only
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