Proto-Coastal-Western

Proto-Coastal-Western
Period	c. -1800 YP
Spoken in	Lukpanic coast
Total speakers	to be determined
Writing system	to be determined
Classification	Western languages  Proto-Coastal-Western
Typology
Basic word order	SOV
Morphology	agglutinating/fusional
Alignment	ergative
Credits
Created by	TzirTzi (Sound changes by Legion)

Proto-Coastal-Western (or PCW for short) is a language of the Western language family, spoken c. -1800 YP in the eastern half of the Lukpanic coast. It is the common ancestor of the coastal branch of the Western languages. Most descendants of PCW have been heavily influenced by languages of the Lukpanic group; however, there are no clear traces of this in PCW itself. It is therefore likely that increased contact between Coastal Western and Lukpanic peoples did not occur before the breakup of PCW.

Descendants

• Proto-Coastal-Western (Lukpanic coast, c. -1800 YP)
  • Ìletlégbàku (Nugbùn, c. -900 YP)
  • Doayâu (Pítau, c. -500 YP)
  • Ishoʻu ʻOhu (Ishe, c. -450 YP)
  • U Bol (Doanu, c. -200 YP - CatDoom)

Sample

• Ğejoʔu gòdu łèziʔi mòğuh dzeľdàbàgeta. ʔàzìʔi tagoguka mòğuʔu thula besàbàgotshu, geľeʔi zuduka mòğuh ğlaʔtàbàgeta, ľeʔi nolkuguka mòğuh wodzedzàbàgeta. Mètsoguka mòğuh gogùzèʔajèbàta, wułu khajoʔu tabe.
• [ ɣe.jo.ʔu ɡò.du ɬè.zi.ʔi mò.ɣuh ʣeʎ.dɐ̀.bɐ̀.ɡe.tɐ ‖ ʔɐ̀.zì.ʔi tɐ.ɡo.ɡu.kɐ mò.ɣu.ʔu tʰu.ɫɐ be.sɐ̀.bɐ̀.ɡo.ʦʰu | ɡe.ʎe.ʔi zu.du.kɐ mò.ɣuh ɣɫɐʔ.tɐ̀.bɐ̀.ɡe.tɐ | ʎe.ʔi noɫ.ku.ɡu.kɐ mò.ɣuh wo.ʣe.ʣɐ̀.bɐ̀.ɡe.tɐ ‖ mè.ʦo.ɡu.kɐ mò.ɣuh ɡo.ɡù.zè.ʔɐ.jè.bɐ̀.tɐ | wu.ɬu kʰɐ.jo.ʔu tɐ.be ]
• hill-SG.CON on horse-SG.ERG sheep-ABS see-REP-3.SG.ERG-VI. woman-SG.ERG first-VI sheep-SG.CON wool-SG.ABS cut-REP-3.SG.ERG-VIII, child-SG.ERG second-VI sheep-ABS milk-REP-3.SG.ERG-VI, man-SG.ERG third-VI sheep-ABS kill-REP-3.SG.ERG-VI. fourth-VI sheep-ABS cook-PASS-REP-VI, IX--PL.CON fire-SG.CON on

(taken from The horse and the sheep)

Links

• Grammar of Proto-Coastal-Western (original URL: [1])
• Lexicon of Proto-Coastal-Western (original URL: [2])

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