Proto-Dartminic
| Proto-Dartminic | |
|---|---|
| Language Code | PD |
| Language Family | Dartminic |
Proto-Dartminic was the language of the people who migrated out of the Proto-Skomi Urheimat roughly 5000 years before present and spoken up until 3000 years before present. Its consonant inventory differs greatly from Proto-Skomi, with the voiced plosives softening to fricatives or taps, the creation of a set of voiceless nasals and a new aspirated alveolar sibilant /sʰ/. However, it still retains the 6-vowel system from Proto-Skomi, albeit with slightly vowel qualities.
Proto-Dartminic has generally fluid word-order, with SOV, SVO and VSO being the most commonly used word orders. Like Proto-Skomi, Proto-Dartminic has 6 cases and 3 tenses, but it has merged the paucal and plural grammatical numbers and the evidentiality system in Proto-Skomi became 2 grammatical moods: Indicative and Potential moods. Proto-Dartminic also developed a distinction between infinitive and perfective aspects.
Phonology
Consonants
| Consonants | Labial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | Voiceless | m̥ <mh> | n̥ <nh> | ŋ̊ <ŋh> | ||
| Voiced | m | n | ŋ | |||
| Plosive | Aspirated | pʰ ~ bʱ <ph/bh> | tʰ ~ dʱ <th/dh> | cʰ ~ ɟʱ <ch> | kʰ ~ gʱ <kh/gh> | |
| Unaspirated | p ~ b <p/b> | t ~ d <t/d> | c ~ ɟ <c> | k ~ g <k/g> | ʔ <q> | |
| Fricative | Aspirated | sʰ ~ s̠ <sh> | ||||
| Tenuis | s | h | ||||
| Voiced | v ~ f <v> | z | ɣ ~ x <x> | ɦ ~ ʁ ~ ʕ <ħ> | ||
| Approximant | l | j | w | |||
| Trill | r <ŕ> | |||||
| Tap | ɾ <r> | |||||
Vowels
The vowel system looks the same as Proto-Skomi, with a few minor adjustments in actual vowel qualities.
| Vowels | Front | Centre | Back |
|---|---|---|---|
| High | i | u | |
| Mid | e | ə <y> | o |
| Low | a |
Sound Changes
See Proto-Dartminic Sound Changes for the sound changes between Proto-Skomi and Proto-Dartminic.