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This is a scratchpad for an Algonquian language spoken in Kansas. As envisioned, it would have broken off fairly early, and so, although it's more conservative than the other Plains languages, it also shows some differences from the Central languages, such as distinguishing *θk from *sk.
General notes on development:
Some random words, in a bad orthography:
meleq /məlkʷə/ [mələkʷ] 'bear'; obviative emleqene /məlkʷən/, plural emleqeke /məlkʷəki/
lemem /ələm:ə/ [ləməm] 'dog'; obviative elmemene /ələm:ənĭ/, plural elmemeke /ələm:əki/
enmīs /nəmi:sə/ [ənmi:s] 'my older sister', ekmīs /kəmi:sə/ [əkmi:s] 'your older sister', emīs /omi:sə/ [əmi:s] 'his older sister'
And a paradigm of the AI verb menen 'he eats':
This is a scratchpad for an Algonquian language spoken in Kansas. As envisioned, it would have broken off fairly early, and so, although it's more conservative than the other Plains languages, it also shows some differences from the Central languages, such as distinguishing *θk from *sk.
General notes on development:
final vowels retained
no vowel contraction (reconstructed *we was probably *o anyways and doesn't count)
PA *r and *n merge as *n, *θ becomes /l/.
Short *ĕ *ă merge as /ə/.
Vowels lose contrastive length early, with *ō and *ī breaking to /wa/ and /ye/. New long vowels develop from clusters beginning in *h or *ʔ.
No consonant clusters other than nC, hC, lC. Other than [kw], which phonemicized as /kʷ/, clusters of consonant + semivowel geminate the consonant.
Every other syllable starting with (and including) the last is WEAK; others are STRONG.. Weak schwas are kill, weak short vowels become schwa, and weak long vowels shorten.
Some random words, in a bad orthography:
meleq /məlkʷə/ [mələkʷ] 'bear'; obviative emleqene /məlkʷən/, plural emleqeke /məlkʷəki/
lemem /ələm:ə/ [ləməm] 'dog'; obviative elmemene /ələm:ənĭ/, plural elmemeke /ələm:əki/
enmīs /nəmi:sə/ [ənmi:s] 'my older sister', ekmīs /kəmi:sə/ [əkmi:s] 'your older sister', emīs /omi:sə/ [əmi:s] 'his older sister'
And a paradigm of the AI verb menen 'he eats':
| S | P | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | enmen /nəmənə/ | enmenɛmene /nəmənēməna/ |
| 12 | ekmenɛmen /kəmənēmənə/ | |
| 2 | ekmen /kəmənə/ | kemnɛ̄mme /kəmənēm:a/ |
| 3 | emnen /mən:ə/ | emnenake /mən:aki/ |