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The '''Lámeyi languages''' are the members of the '''Aiwanic''' language macrofamily, which are spoken throughout the planet Lá. Around 160 thousand people speak Lámeyi languages, around two thirds of whom speak the Khad languages, and less than a third of whom speak the Thad languages. The name derives from the word for land in most of the Khad languages – '''''lá'''''. These languages also have extensive literary traditions, dating from the 7th century AC (after colonisation). Most of the other languages are spoken by much smaller communities, and many of them have not been described in detail.

Several low-level subgroups have been securely reconstructed based on the earliest written records these languages, but reconstruction of a proto-language for the family as a whole is still at an early stage, the grammatical structure ~~of Sino-Tibetan~~ remains unclear. Although the family is traditionally presented as divided into '''Thad''' (Eastern) and '''Khad''' (Western) branches, the common origin of the latter has never been clearly demonstarated, with some scholars dividing the Khad branch into Western and Southern groups/

Several low-level subgroups have been securely reconstructed based on the earliest written records these languages, but reconstruction of a proto-language for the family as a whole is still at an early stage, the grammatical structure remains unclear. Although the family is traditionally presented as divided into '''Thad''' (Eastern) and '''Khad''' (Western) branches, the common origin of the latter has never been clearly demonstarated, with some scholars dividing the Khad branch into Western and Southern groups.

==Introduction==

The language family of the planet '''Lá''' is a part of a much larger macrofamily, though most of it is still not properly constructed. The first Lámeyi language ever created was Thadmé, the idea of which came into being in 2015. Since then, the family went through several changes. By 2022 only a few languages have been developed.

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==Later development==

===Thad languages===

''Main article: [[Thad languages]]''

Proto-Thad underwent a dissimilatory phonological process, which states that if an weak consonant is followed by another weak consonant in the next syllable, the first one becomes voiced (and later turns into a voiced fricative). This law was later generalised, so that such alternations rarely occur in Thad languages. On the other hand, the Thadpalmé often has a reverse change, turning many initial fricatives back into plosives . Here are some examples of the effects of this law in Thadpalmé:

* ''*'''t'''e'''k'''alʷ- > *'''d'''e'''k'''aran'' “shining”;

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 The '''Lámeyi languages''' are the members of the '''Aiwanic''' language macrofamily, which are spoken throughout the planet Lá. Around 160 thousand people speak Lámeyi languages, around two thirds of whom speak the Khad languages, and less than a third of whom speak the Thad languages. The name derives from the word for land in most of the Khad languages – '''''lá'''''. These languages also have extensive literary traditions, dating from the 7th century AC (after colonisation). Most of the other languages are spoken by much smaller communities, and many of them have not been described in detail.
-Several low-level subgroups have been securely reconstructed based on the earliest written records these languages, but reconstruction of a proto-language for the family as a whole is still at an early stage, the grammatical structure of Sino-Tibetan remains unclear. Although the family is traditionally presented as divided into '''Thad''' (Eastern) and '''Khad''' (Western) branches, the common origin of the latter has never been clearly demonstarated, with some scholars dividing the Khad branch into Western and Southern groups/
+Several low-level subgroups have been securely reconstructed based on the earliest written records these languages, but reconstruction of a proto-language for the family as a whole is still at an early stage, the grammatical structure remains unclear. Although the family is traditionally presented as divided into '''Thad''' (Eastern) and '''Khad''' (Western) branches, the common origin of the latter has never been clearly demonstarated, with some scholars dividing the Khad branch into Western and Southern groups.
 ==Introduction==
 The language family of the planet '''Lá''' is a part of a much larger macrofamily, though most of it is still not properly constructed. The first Lámeyi language ever created was Thadmé, the idea of which came into being in 2015. Since then, the family went through several changes. By 2022 only a few languages have been developed.
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 ==Later development==
 ===Thad languages===
+''Main article: [[Thad languages]]''
 Proto-Thad underwent a dissimilatory phonological process, which states that if an weak consonant is followed by another weak consonant in the next syllable, the first one becomes voiced (and later turns into a voiced fricative). This law was later generalised, so that such alternations rarely occur in Thad languages. On the other hand, the Thadpalmé often has a reverse change, turning many initial fricatives back into plosives .  Here are some examples of the effects of this law in Thadpalmé:
 * ''*'''t'''e'''k'''alʷ- > *'''d'''e'''k'''aran'' “shining”;