Old South Binan

[Shemtov]

Old South Binan was a second literary language of the Binan species; while OHB was used mainly for prose and religious poetry OSB was used for secular poetry.

Phonology:
/m n ŋ/ <m n ng>
/p pʰ t tʰ k kʰ ʔ/ <b p d t g k '>
/f θ ɬ s h/ <f ŧ ł s h>
/r ʀ/ <r ř>
/l ʟ/ <l ļ>
/w ʍ/ < w ẉ>

/i ɯ ɤ e ɛ ə a / <i u o ee e a aa>



The grand master plan:
P-Palatals
V- Velars
G: Geminate fricative
N- Nasalized Fricatives
R: Nasal Stop
F: regular Voiceless Fricative
I: Voiced fricative




Proto-Binan phonology:
/m n ɲ ŋ/ <m n ń ǹ>
/p pʰ t tʰ c cʰ k kʰ q qʰ/ <b p t d j c g k ǧ q>
/f f: v ṽ θ θ: ð ð̃ ɬ ɬ: ɮ ɮ̃ ʃ ʃ: ʒ ʒ̃ ç ç: ʝ ʝ̃ x x: ɣ ɣ̃/ < f ff v mv ŧ ŧŧ đ nđ ƚ ƚƚ ł nł s ss z nz ś śś ź nź h hh ġ ng>
/r ʀ/ <r ř>
/l ʎ ʟ/ <l ļ ĺ>
/j w ʍ/ <y w ẉ>

/i i: ɯ ɯ: ə ə: ɵ ɵ: a a:/ <i ii u uu e ee o oo a aa>

To South-West:
ə>e P_
P>V
N>R
I>F
G>F
q>ʔ
qʰ>h
ɵ>ə


/m n nˡ nʲ ŋ/
/p pʰ t tʰ k kʰ ʔ/
/f θ ɬ ʃ x h/
/r ʀ/
/l ʟ/
/w ʍ/

/i i: ɯ ɯ: e e: ə ə: a a:/

To OSB:
x>h
nˡ>l
nʲ>n
ʃ>s
Loss of word final short vowels
i>e
e>ɛ
ɯ>ɤ
ə:>ə
a>a: