Verse:Mwail/Erno-Kawenic languages

Diachronics

Consonants

• p' -> PEK mʶ
• t' -> PEK tʶ
• k' -> PEK q
• PIr l -> PEK ć
• PIr y/g/hiatus breaker -> PEK y
• PIr k -> PEK ç
• PIr ng, r -> PEK 0
• PIr s -> PEK χ
• PIr b/w -> PEK β
• PIr d -> ð (r in retroflexing environments)
• final nasal -> ŋ
• Non-final nasals stay put (n in PIr /rVn/ retroflexes)
• p, t stay put (t in PIr /rVt/ retroflexes)

Vowels

PIr ā ē ī ō ū -> PEK au ui a: ai ei?

Todo: lots of conditional vowel shifts

Vowel dissimilation? Because assimilation's boring

Family tree

• Erno-Kawenic
  • Kawenic
  • Ernic
    • Ernish (Auzinim /ɐʉʐɪnɪm/): One main language of the Angaian Enlightenment
    • Whyastian (Hwiwjaosdia /fivjaostia/)

Phonology

Consonants

m mʶ n ɳ ɲ ŋ

p t tʶ ʈ tɕ q

ʂ ç χ

β ð r j

Vowels

i e a o u + a: + Lots of diphthongs

Coloring effects