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'''Classical Thean''' | {{Infobox language | ||
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|name = Classical Thean | |||
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|setting = [[Verse:Angai]] | |||
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|speakers=975 million | |||
|date=2025 | |||
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|fam1=[[Verse:Angai/Theic languages|Theic]] | |||
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|official=Thea, Qualand, the Alliance | |||
|notice=IPA | |||
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'''Classical Thean''' was the most spoken language of Angai Europe before the timeline split. With 975 million L1 and L2 speakers worldwide, Thean was the fourth-most spoken language in 2025. | |||
In [[Verse:Angai/1|Timeline 1 of Angai]], Classical Thean evolves into highly tonal languages. | |||
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== History == | == History == | ||
The oldest attested stage of Thean, called Old Thean, uses a logography. The history of Classical Thean begins with the publication and spread of [some religious text; some form of Buddhism I guess] in a phonetic orthography and the rhyming prose tales of [author]. This switch to a phonetic orthography was incentivized by the introduction of the printing press. | The oldest attested stage of Thean, called Old Thean, uses a logography. The history of Classical Thean begins with the publication and spread of [some religious text; some form of Buddhism I guess] in a phonetic orthography and the rhyming prose tales of [author]. This switch to a phonetic orthography was incentivized by the introduction of the printing press. | ||
=== Diachronics === | |||
==== Consonants ==== | |||
* Proto-Theic k g kʼ -> kʸ gʸ kʸʼ | |||
* Proto-Theic kʷ gʷ kʷʼ -> č ʒ{{hacek}} čʼ | |||
* Proto-Theic q ɢ qʷ -> k g kʼ | |||
* Proto-Theic qʷ ɢʷ qʷʼ -> kʷ gʷ kʷʼ | |||
==== Stressed vowels ==== | |||
* Proto-Theic a -> o after kʷ-series consonants, e after kʸ-series ones, a otherwise | |||
* Proto-Theic ã -> a | |||
* Proto-Theic i -> e | |||
* Proto-Theic ī -> i | |||
* Proto-Theic u -> o | |||
* Proto-Theic ū -> u | |||
== Classical Thean phonology == | == Classical Thean phonology == | ||
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Todo: Add more forms, look at Welsh | Todo: Add more forms, look at Welsh | ||
== Derivational morphology == | |||
* ''kʼ-'' (allomorph of ''k-''?) derives agent or instrument nouns | |||
** ƛʼu 'to hunt', kʼƛʼu 'tooth' | |||
== Syntax == | == Syntax == | ||