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The Yathanese language (/jæːθəniːz/, YA-thə-neez; Tabat Yathānnut, IPA [tabɐt jaθaːnːut])
Phonology
Consonants
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ɲ | |||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t̪ | d̪ | ɟ | k | kʷ | q | qʷ | ʔ | ||
| Fricative | θ | x | xʷ | χ | χʷ | |||||||
| Sibilant | s | z | ɕ | |||||||||
| Approximant | l | j | ʎ | w | ||||||||
| Tap | ɾ* | |||||||||||
- The alveolar tap (/ɾ/) is sometimes realized as an alveolar trill (/r/) word-finally.
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i~ɪ iː | ɨ ɨː | u uː |
| Mid | ə əː | ||
| Back | a~ɐ aː |
Grammar
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| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | Hanšap | Hanšapil |
| Genitive | Hanšap | Hanšap |
| Dative | Hanšapir | Hanšapilir |
| Accusative | Hanšapar | Hanšapalar |
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Classical Yathanese
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k kʷ | g gʷ | ʔ | |
| Fricative | θ | x~ɣ | ||||||||
| Sibilant | s | z | ʃ | |||||||
| Lateral | ʎ | l | ||||||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||||||
Shifts from Classical Yathanese
- The (/ɣ/) became its own separate sound in late classical Yathanese, which evolved into the (/χ/). In the Moghjari dialect, its preserved an allophone of (/χ/)
- The (/g/)—along with its labialized counterpart—underwent fortition, becoming the (/q/).
- The (/c/) merged with the (/ʃ/).
- The retroflex consonants became palatalized (ʂ > ɕ, ʐ > ʑ, ʈ > ɟ)
Language
Classical Yathanese refers to the pre-Wahushite Yathanese language (approximately 300 years before the establishment of Neiriz).
Proto-Tawhan
| Labial | Dental/ Alveolar |
Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m | n | ||||||||||
| Plosive | p | b | t | d | c | ɟ | k | kʷ | q | qʷ | ʔ | |
| Fricative | f | x~ɣ | ||||||||||
| Sibilant | s | ʃ | ||||||||||
| Lateral | l | |||||||||||
| Tap | ɾ | |||||||||||
Language
Proto-Tawhanic is the (reconstructed & hypothesized) mother language of all the Tawhanic languages. Its phonology and morphology is mostly based off of the Halamite language, a Tawhanic language spoken by the Halamite peoples who predominantly live behind and around the Khāthkhay mountains. Due to their isolated area and limited interaction with the rest of the world, their language managed to preserve most of the evident proto-Tawhanic phonemes.
Shifts n' Cognates
| Proto- Tawhanic |
Halamite | Yathanese | Palmyrian | Mancha | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Son | ʾŪbul, ʾbl | ʾŪbul | ʾĒbel | ʾĒbyl | ʾEbyl | |||||
| Daughter | Mārat, *mrt | Mārat | Mārat | Mārat | Mārat | |||||
| Dragon | Fağouar, *fghʷr | Fağouar | Thaghour | Fağer | Faghr | |||||
| City | Tesm, *tsm | Tesim | Nêrkhaʾ | Nerkhêʾ | Nyrkhaʾ | |||||
| Clay | Šisis, *šss | Šisis | Šisis | Šisis | Šisis | |||||
| Scales (Weight) | Diwēl, *dwl | Diwēl | Dūle | Dūle | Dīle | |||||
- 'Tesim' means 'Capital' in Yathanese, Palmyrian and Mancha. In Halamite, a capital is called 'Tesim Kanh' which literally means 'Middle city'. On the contrary, *nrkhʾ means 'settlement' in Halamite.
- The Proto-Tawhanic word for 'Clay' became the verb 'to mold' or 'to shape' in Halamite, Yathanese and Palmyrian. While in Mancha, it became related to pottery.
- *dwl means 'To count' in PTH, 'To measure/weigh' in Halamite, strictly 'To weigh' in Yathanese, Palmyrian and Mancha.