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 == Diachronics ==
 === Consonants ===
-* p' -> PEK mʶ
+* p' -> PEK mˁ
-* t' -> PEK tʶ
+* t' -> PEK tˁ
 * k' -> PEK q
 * PIr l -> PEK ć
 * PIr y/g/hiatus breaker -> PEK y
 * PIr k -> PEK ç
-* PIr ng, r -> PEK 0
+* PIr ng, r -> lengthens preceding vowel if before C, PEK 0 otherwise
 * PIr s -> PEK χ
 * PIr b/w -> PEK β
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 === Vowels ===
-PIr ā ē ī ō ū -> PEK au ui a: ai ei?
+PIr ă -> ə
-Todo: lots of conditional vowel shifts
+urV, orV, arV -> orV, arV, erV -> oV aV eV
+ira iro iru -> iwa iwo iwu
+Same-vowel weakening rule: e.g. PI sumur is treated as if it were sămur
-Vowel dissimilation? Because assimilation's boring
 == Family tree ==
 * Erno-Kawenic
-** [[Verse:Angai/Kawenic languages|Kawenic]]
+** [[Verse:Mwail/Kawenic languages|Kawenic]]
-** [[Verse:Angai/Ernic languages|Ernic]]
+** [[Verse:Mwail/Ernic languages|Ernic]]
-*** [[Verse:Angai/Ernish|Ernish]] (''Auzinim'' /ɐʉʐɪnɪm/): One main language of the Angaian Enlightenment
-*** [[Verse:Angai/Whyastian|Whyastian]] (''Hwiwjaosdia'' /fivjaostia/)
 == Phonology ==
+Proto-Erno-Kawenic is characterized by unusual sound changes from Proto-Irenesian.
 === Consonants ===
-m mʶ n ɳ ɲ ŋ
+{| class="wikitable
+|-
+!rowspan=2|
+!colspan=2| Labial
+!rowspan=2| Denti-alveolar
+!rowspan=2| Retroflex
+!rowspan=2| Palatal
+!rowspan=2| Uvular
+|-
+!|plain
+!|pharyngealized
+|-
+!|Nasal
+|| '''m''' /m/ || '''mˁ''' /mˁ/ || '''n''' /n&#810;/ || '''n&#803;''' /ɳ/ || ||
+|-
+!|Stop
+|| '''p''' /p/ || '''pˁ''' /pˁ/ || '''t''' /t&#810;/ || '''t&#803;''' /ʈ/ || '''ć''' /tɕ/ || '''q''' /q/
+|-
+!|Fricative
+|| || || || '''s&#803;''' /ʂ/ || '''ç''' /ç/ || '''x''' /χ/
+|-
+!|Continuant
+|| '''β''' /β/ || || '''δ''' /ð/ || '''r''' /ɻ/ || '''y''' /j/ ||
+|}
-p t tʶ ʈ tɕ q
+=== Vowels ===
+Short i e a o u ə
-ʂ ç χ
+Long ī ē ā ō ū
-β ð r j
+Nasal iñ eñ añ oñ uñ əñ
-=== Vowels ===
-i e a o u + a: + Lots of diphthongs
 Coloring effects
+== Grammar ==
+I have to have a solid idea of how nouns work in PEK; I'm probably gonna cliticize classifiers after nouns
+So the classifier is almost a suffix, maybe fully a suffix by PEK
+That may affect the Ernish I have now, which I'm willing to accept. In that case Ernish should probably choose one form, probably the PEK genitive plural for most nouns.
+Ensuring that Quququqquq genitives always end in a vowel is easy
+Genitive should be -some vowel + (ng) in PI
+Some nouns, like proper nouns, family terms and body parts, shouldn't have classifiers
+=== Classifiers ===
+{| class="wikitable"
+!| PEK classifier || Domain || Etymology
+|-
+|| sg. ''=nuć'', pl. ''=çe''
+|| generic inanimate
+|-
+|| sg. ''=pće'', pl. ''=mut''
+|| inanimate (pejorative)
+|-
+|| sg. ''=hoi'', pl. ''=au''
+|| human
+|-
+|| sg. ''=qβe'', pl. ''=poyap''
+|| human (pejorative)
+|-
+|| ''=upi''
+|| generic animal
+|-
+|| ''=tiβo''
+|| livestock
+|-
+|| ''=toyu''
+|| animate (pejorative)
+|-
+|| ''=mˁō''
+|| animate (pejorative)
+|-
+|| ''=pˁat''
+|| flat sheets
+|-
+|| ''=əmço''
+|| flat sheets (pejorative)
+|-
+|| ''=çeoñ''
+|| trees and bushes; streams, rivers
+|-
+|| ''=uox''
+|| herbaceous plants
+|-
+|| ''=epçi''
+|| any plant (pejorative)
+|-
+|| ''=βuδ''
+|| flowers, bunches of fruit
+|-
+|| ''=tia''
+|| paths, ways
+|-
+|| ''=uhiç''
+|| long thin objects
+|-
+|| ''=uyop''
+|| fruits, spheres
+|-
+|| ''=tuć''
+|| circles, rings
+|-
+|| ''=ex''
+|| buildings
+|-
+|| ''=mˁəδañ''
+|| vehicles
+|-
+|| ''=xəβuq''
+|| man-made things (pejorative)
+|-
+|| ''=ćep''
+|| marks, like written characters, wounds, ...
+|-
+|| ''=uñqe''
+|| important places and events
+|}
+=== Sandbox ===
+PI urim 'rose apple' (bare) -> PEK oiŋ 'apple (is-a form); Apple (name form)' -> Ernish oi 'ibid.'
+PI urim uop -> PEK oiŋ=uyop 'the apple' -> Ernish oinguzop 'apple (singular)'
+PI **urim bawăd -> PEK oiŋ bawəd -> oimbaud 'apples (plural)'
+PI tiroŋ 'head' -> PEK tiwo: -> Ernish tiwo
+(body parts don't take classifiers)