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== Diachronics ==
== Diachronics ==
=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
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=== Vowels ===
=== Vowels ===
PIr ā a -> a ə
PIr ă -> ə


orV, arV -> arV, erV -> aV eV
urV, orV, arV -> orV, arV, erV -> oV aV eV


Todo: lots of conditional vowel shifts
ira iro iru -> iwa iwo iwu


Vowel dissimilation? Because assimilation's boring
Same-vowel weakening rule: e.g. PI sumur is treated as if it were sămur


== Family tree ==
== Family tree ==
* Erno-Kawenic
* Erno-Kawenic
** [[Verse:Angai/Kawenic languages|Kawenic]]
** [[Verse:Mwail/Kawenic languages|Kawenic]]
** [[Verse:Angai/Ernic languages|Ernic]]
** [[Verse:Mwail/Ernic languages|Ernic]]


== Phonology ==
== Phonology ==
Proto-Erno-Kawenic is characterized by unusual sound changes from Proto-Irenesian.
=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
m mˁ n ɳ 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''' /n̪/ || '''ṇ''' /ɳ/ || ||
|-
!|Stop
|| '''p''' /p/ || '''pˁ''' /pˁ/ || '''t''' /t̪/ || '''ṭ''' /ʈ/ || '''ć''' /tɕ/ || '''q''' /q/
|-
!|Fricative
|| || || || '''ṣ''' /ʂ/ || '''ç''' /ç/ || '''x''' /χ/
|-
!|Continuant
|| '''β''' /β/ || || '''δ''' /ð/ || '''r''' /ɻ/ || '''y''' /j/ ||
|}


p t tˁ ʈ tɕ q
=== Vowels ===
Short i e a o u ə
 
Long ī ē ā ō ū
 
Nasal iñ eñ añ oñ uñ əñ
 
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


ʂ ç χ
Some nouns, like proper nouns, family terms and body parts, shouldn't have classifiers


β ð r j
=== 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
|}


=== Vowels ===
=== Sandbox ===
i e a o u ə
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)'


Coloring effects
PI tiroŋ 'head' -> PEK tiwo: -> Ernish tiwo
(body parts don't take classifiers)
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