Some Foreign Wordlists
Introduction
It is useful to have some non-Everywhere languages, for loanwords, if nothing else.
Here are four proto-language phonologies and wordlists. The first two language families are from Here, the other two from Elsewhere. These are not necessarily contemporary with Shapshiruckish. The names are randomly generated.
Here
There is a distinct pre-Shapshiruckish sprachbund, rather distinct from Shapshiruckish. The Natural and Damp languages all have register tones, and nasal vowel and multiple lateral consonants are common
Proto-Damp
The Shapgapsh genocided all these, at least culturally. Their origin seems to have been in the central Religious lands, but their influence reached wider. Expect to find Damp elements mostly in placenames, etc.
Proto-Damp Consonants
| p | t | k | |
| b | d | g | |
| m | n | ||
| l | ɫ | ʎ | r |
| lʷ | ɫʷ | ʎʷ | rʷ |
Proto-Damp Vowels
| i i: | u u: | |
| ə | o o: | |
| a a: |
Diphthongs: uj aj oj ju ja jo
Proto-Damp Syllables
Words in Proto-Damp are monosyllabic.
All consonants can appear word-initially, as well as the following clusters:
- any voiced stop + any labial consonant
- bn gn dm gm i.e. any voiced stop + non-homorganic nasal
Proto-Damp Wordlist
Proto-Natural
Like the Damps, the Naturals ranged widely through Here, but were mostly found in what would become Martial land. Unlike the Damps, some Naturals survived, in the periphery of Martial territory. They have cultural affinities with the Apeshit peoples because of Shared Adversity.
Proto-Natural Consonants
retroflex series l ɭ ꞎProto-Natural Vowels
aeiou ɔ̃ ĩ ũProto-Natural Syllables
HIGH-LOW TONES -- grammatical ˥˩, polysyllablesProto-Natural Wordlist
Elsewhere
Proto-Metallic
Although most of the Metallic languages are not really from Here, and are spoken to the South and in the Middle East, some peripheral Northern Metallic languages were displaced by the Marine languages. The Metallics are the main southern rival. They are a large source of exotic loanwords.
Proto-Metallic Consonants
p t k pw tw kw b d g w dw gw m G s r l sw rw lwProto-Metallic Vowels
long vowels: iueoæa short vowels: iauProto-Metallic Syllables
Proto-Metallic Wordlist
Proto-Lovely
The Lovely people are the third leg of the tripod, the rival in the West. The Pelagic colonies in Loveliland were only conquered in the middle ages, leading to the Krill Diaspora.