Proto-Marigan [SYX]
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Marigan
Proto-Marigan ( Proto-Marigan: [marig͡ɣʱa])
Proto-Marigan is the ancestor of all Marigan languages, having been spoken roughly ~4 kya ago.
The original urheimat for the language is thought to have been located on the coast of Southern or Eastern Africa. It is believed that the Marigans are descendants of Nilotic peoples who may have journeyed from modern-day Kenya and South Sudan in search of new pastures.
The Marigan peoples then split into three groups - titled Central Marigans, Eastern or Southern Marigans and Western or Northern Marigans - roughly ~2.5 kya ago, possibly due to pressure from the Bantu tribes who began to conquer vast swathes of Africa - the Western and Central Marigans migrated to the southernmost reaches of South Africa, whereas the Eastern Marigans crossed the Mozambique Channel and inhabited Europa Island and modern-day Madagascar before further migrations took place.
Proto-Marigan is thought to have a large phonemic inventory, and like her descendants, Proto-Marigan is an analytic language.
Proto-Marigan ( Proto-Marigan: [marig͡ɣʱa])
Proto-Marigan is the ancestor of all Marigan languages, having been spoken roughly ~4 kya ago.
The original urheimat for the language is thought to have been located on the coast of Southern or Eastern Africa. It is believed that the Marigans are descendants of Nilotic peoples who may have journeyed from modern-day Kenya and South Sudan in search of new pastures.
The Marigan peoples then split into three groups - titled Central Marigans, Eastern or Southern Marigans and Western or Northern Marigans - roughly ~2.5 kya ago, possibly due to pressure from the Bantu tribes who began to conquer vast swathes of Africa - the Western and Central Marigans migrated to the southernmost reaches of South Africa, whereas the Eastern Marigans crossed the Mozambique Channel and inhabited Europa Island and modern-day Madagascar before further migrations took place.
Proto-Marigan is thought to have a large phonemic inventory, and like her descendants, Proto-Marigan is an analytic language.
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Language family relationships
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Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Labio- dental | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Palatal | Labio- velar | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | Other | ||||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ɲ | ŋ | ɴ | |||||||||||||||
Plosive | p pʰ | b bʱ | t tʰ | d dʱ | c cʰ | ɟ ɟʱ | k kʰ | g gʱ | q qʰ | ɢ ɢʱ | ʔ | |||||||||
Fricative | f | v | s | z | ʃ | ʒ | x | ɣ | χ | ʁ | h | |||||||||
Affricate | t͡s t͡sʰ | d͡z d͡zʱ | t͡ʃ t͡ʃʰ | d͡ʒ d͡ʒʱ | k͡x k͡xʰ | g͡ɣ g͡ɣʱ | q͡χ q͡χʰ | ɢ͡ʁ ɢ͡ʁʱ | ||||||||||||
Lateral approximant | l | ʟ | ||||||||||||||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ | ɮ | ||||||||||||||||||
Approximant | j | w | ɥ | |||||||||||||||||
Trill | r r̥ |
Vowels | Front | Central | Back | |||
Close | i ḭ i: ĩ | y y̰ y: ỹ | ɯ ɯ̰ ɯ: ɯ̃ | u ṵ u: ũ | ||
Close-mid | e ḛ e: ẽ | o o̰ o: õ | ||||
Mid | ə ə̰ ə: ə̃ | |||||
Open | a a̰ a: ã | ɑ ɑ̰ ɑ: ɑ̃ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Marigan. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Proto-MariganOrthography | |||||||||
Aa/a/ | A: a:/a:/ | Ã ã/ã/ | A̰ a̰/a̰/ | Bb/b/ | Bʱ bʱ/bʱ/ | Cc/c/ | Cʰ cʰ/cʰ/ | Dd/d/ | Dʱ dʱ/dʱ/ |
D͡Z d͡z/d͡z/ | D͡Zʱ d͡zʱ/d͡zʱ/ | D͡Ʒ d͡ʒ/d͡ʒ/ | D͡Ʒʱ d͡ʒʱ/d͡ʒʱ/ | Ee/e/ | E: e:/e:/ | Ẽ ẽ/ẽ/ | Ḛ ḛ/ḛ/ | Ff/f/ | Gg/g/ |
Gʱ gʱ/gʱ/ | G͡Ɣ g͡ɣ/g͡ɣ/ | G͡Ɣʱ g͡ɣʱ/g͡ɣʱ/ | Hh/h/ | Ii/i/ | I: i:/i:/ | Ĩ ĩ/ĩ/ | Ḭ ḭ/ḭ/ | Jj/j/ | Kk/k/ |
Kʰ kʰ/kʰ/ | K͡X k͡x/k͡x/ | K͡Xʰ k͡xʰ/k͡xʰ/ | Ll/l/ | Mm/m/ | Nn/n/ | Oo/o/ | O: o:/o:/ | Õ õ/õ/ | O̰ o̰/o̰/ |
Pp/p/ | Pʰ pʰ/pʰ/ | Qq/q/ | Qʰ qʰ/qʰ/ | Q͡Χ q͡χ/q͡χ/ | Q͡Χʰ q͡χʰ/q͡χʰ/ | Rr/r/ | R̥ r̥/r̥/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ |
Tʰ tʰ/tʰ/ | T͡S t͡s/t͡s/ | T͡Sʰ t͡sʰ/t͡sʰ/ | T͡Ʃ t͡ʃ/t͡ʃ/ | T͡Ʃʰ t͡ʃʰ/t͡ʃʰ/ | Uu/u/ | U: u:/u:/ | Ũ ũ/ũ/ | Ṵ ṵ/ṵ/ | Vv/v/ |
Ww/w/ | Xx/x/ | Yy/y/ | Y: y:/y:/ | Ỹ ỹ/ỹ/ | Y̰ y̰/y̰/ | Zz/z/ | Ŋŋ/ŋ/ | Əə/ə/ | Ə: ə:/ə:/ |
Ə̃ ə̃/ə̃/ | Ə̰ ə̰/ə̰/ | Ɣɣ/ɣ/ | Ɯɯ/ɯ/ | Ɯ: ɯ:/ɯ:/ | Ɯ̃ ɯ̃/ɯ̃/ | Ɯ̰ ɯ̰/ɯ̰/ | Ɲɲ/ɲ/ | Ʃʃ/ʃ/ | Ʒʒ/ʒ/ |
Ɑɑ/ɑ/ | Ɑ: ɑ:/ɑ:/ | Ɑ̃ ɑ̃/ɑ̃/ | Ɑ̰ ɑ̰/ɑ̰/ | ɟ/ɟ/ | ɟʱ/ɟʱ/ | ɢ/ɢ/ | ɢʁ/ɢ͡ʁ/ | ɢʁʱ/ɢ͡ʁʱ/ | ɢʱ/ɢʱ/ |
Ɥɥ/ɥ/ | Ɬɬ/ɬ/ | ɮ/ɮ/ | ɴ/ɴ/ | ʁ/ʁ/ | ʔ/ʔ/ | ʟ/ʟ/ | Χχ/χ/ | ||
✖ Unknown alphabetical order |