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Proto-Yasi [YSI]
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New 74 words Proto-Yasi
ya'se
[jaʔse]*
Registered by [Deactivated User] on 24 May 2017
Language type A priori
Species Human/humanoid
About Proto-Yasi Proto-Yasi is the common ancestor of all Yasi languages, a small language family in Astanu.
Sample of Proto-YasiCan't find any yet.
Latest vocabulary
tenvdo
kuoanspear
lopvgive
Language family relationships
Language treeYasi
 ⤷  Proto-Yasi
[view] About YasiA small language family spoken in the Kalin islands.
Phonology
ConsonantsBilabialAlveolarRetroflexPalatalLabio-
velar
VelarPharyngealGlottal
Nasal m n       ŋ    
Plosive p t       k kʼ   ʔ
Fricative β s ʐ     x ħ h
Affricate   t͡s t͡sʼ            
Lateral approximant   l            
Approximant       j w      
Flap   ɾ            
Implosive ɓ              
VowelsFrontNear-
front
Near-
back
Back
Near-close   [ɪ]1 [ʊ]2  
Close-mid e     o
Open a      
  1. pretonic and word-final, allophone of /e/
  2. pretonic and word-final, allophone of /o/
Syllable Structure(C)(w, j)V(m,n,ŋ,p,t,k,ʔ,s,x,ħ,ɾ,l)

or the vowel can be long, disallowing coda consonants

/ŋ/ can only appear after a vowel in the same word

geminate consonants are not allowed
Stress informationstress falls on the antepenultimate mora, but if it's a coda the stress moves back one mora and is realized as a rising tone instead of a high tone
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Yasi. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
 Proto-YasiOrthography [edit]
'/ʔ/Aa/a/Bb/ɓ/Cc/ħ/Dd/ɾ/Ee/e/Gg/ŋ/Hh/h/Ii/j/
Jj/t͡sʼ/Kk/k/Ll/l/Mm/m/Nn/n/Oo/o/Pp/p/Qq/kʼ/Rr/ʐ/
Ss/s/Tt/t/Uu/w/Vv/β/Ww/w/Xx/x/Yy/j/Zz/t͡s/
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change]
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