Proto-Tropic [TRC]
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Proto-Tropic
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Language type
A priori
Species
Human/humanoid
About Proto-Tropic
Proto-tropic is the mother language for the Tropico-archipelagic family. It was spoken by island dwellers in the tropics and sub-tropics with eqv. ~3500BCE technology.
Sample of Proto-Tropic[view] Pfik tsidā sotop / Bef tsikēl getep / As legokokoba be / As ok sopē
Father is hunting in the forest, / mother is cooking in the home, / so I must go and fetch the water, / until I am grown[view all texts]
Father is hunting in the forest, / mother is cooking in the home, / so I must go and fetch the water, / until I am grown[view all texts]
Phonology
Consonants | Bilabial | Alveolar | Post- Alveolar | Velar | Glottal | |||||
Nasal | [m]1 | [n]2 | ||||||||
Plosive | p | ᵐb | t | ⁿd | k | ᵑg | [ʔ]3 | |||
Fricative | ɸ | s | ||||||||
Affricate | p͡ɸ | [t͡s]4 | t͡ʃ | |||||||
Lateral fricative | ɬ |
- allophone of /ɸ/
- allophone of /s/
- allophone of /k/
- allophone of /t͡ʃ/
Vowels | Front | Back | ||
Close | i í | |||
Close-mid | ɤ ɤ́ | |||
Open-mid | ɛ ɛ́ | |||
Open | ɑ ɑ́ |
Orthography
Below is the orthography for Proto-Tropic. This includes all graphemes as defined in the language's phonology settings - excluding the non-distinct graphemes/polygraphs.
Proto-TropicOrthography [edit] | |||||||||
Aa/ɑ/ | Āā/ɤ́/ | Bb/ᵐb/ | Dd/ⁿd/ | Ēē/ɛ́/ | Ee/ɛ/ | Ff/ɸ/ | Gg/ᵑg/ | Ii/i/ | Īī/í/ |
Kk/k/ | Ll/ɬ/ | Ōō/ɑ́/ | Oo/ɤ/ | Pp/p/, /p/ | PF pf/p͡ɸ/ | Ss/s/ | Tt/t/ | TS ts/t͡ʃ/ | |
✖ Unknown alphabetical order [change] |
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