Ancient Meó - Revision history

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	Ancient Meó is the oldest attested form of the Meó language, the earliest attested form being on the writings in the [[Meó Shell Script]] (so named for being written on shells), whose earliest inscriptions can be dated back to the 73rd century. It is the ancestor of the modern day [[Meó language]], and of an additional 800 languages/dialects (the nature of whether these constitute "dialects" or "languages" is of much political controversy within the Meó nation and abroad, especially in the region of Post-~~Succlythia~~ and within [[The Shattered Islands]]). Ancient Meó shifted to being written using the Fertile Tongue logography early in its history, so it is hard to establish the exact pronunciations of Ancient Meó from primary sources. The reconstruction is mainly done through rigorous dialectal comparison.		Ancient Meó is the oldest attested form of the Meó language, the earliest attested form being on the writings in the [[Meó Shell Script]] (so named for being written on shells), whose earliest inscriptions can be dated back to the 73rd century. It is the ancestor of the modern day [[Meó language]], and of an additional 800 languages/dialects (the nature of whether these constitute "dialects" or "languages" is of much political controversy within the Meó nation and abroad, especially in the region of Post-Hsuqliht and within [[The Shattered Islands]]). Ancient Meó shifted to being written using the Fertile Tongue logography early in its history, so it is hard to establish the exact pronunciations of Ancient Meó from primary sources. The reconstruction is mainly done through rigorous dialectal comparison.

Meoswonx at 18:45, 13 November 2020

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	Ancient Meó is the oldest attested form of the Meó language, the earliest attested form being on the writings in the [[Meó Shell Script]] (so named for being written on shells), whose earliest inscriptions can be dated back to the 73rd century. It is the ancestor of the modern day [[Meó language]], and of an additional 800 languages/dialects (the nature of whether these constitute "dialects" or "languages" is of much political controversy within the Meó nation and abroad, especially in the region of Post-Succlythia and within [[The Shattered Islands]]). ~~Due~~ to the ~~way~~ in ~~which the [[Meó Scripts]] work~~, it is hard to ~~derive~~ the exact ~~pronunciation~~ of ~~early~~ Meó ~~words outside their initial consonants (or, in some less common cases, vowels)~~. ~~This~~ is ~~overcome~~ through ~~the~~ rigorous comparison ~~of dialectal/linguistic differences, as well as through the use of the [[Lesser Meó Script]], an abugida form which dates from approximately the 79th century.~~		Ancient Meó is the oldest attested form of the Meó language, the earliest attested form being on the writings in the [[Meó Shell Script]] (so named for being written on shells), whose earliest inscriptions can be dated back to the 73rd century. It is the ancestor of the modern day [[Meó language]], and of an additional 800 languages/dialects (the nature of whether these constitute "dialects" or "languages" is of much political controversy within the Meó nation and abroad, especially in the region of Post-Succlythia and within [[The Shattered Islands]]). Ancient Meó shifted to being written using the Fertile Tongue logography early in its history, so it is hard to establish the exact pronunciations of Ancient Meó from primary sources. The reconstruction is mainly done through rigorous dialectal comparison.

	~~== Phonology ==~~
	~~=== Consonants ===~~
	~~{\| class="wikitable"~~
	\|-
	~~! Consonants~~
	~~! Bilabial~~
	~~! Alveolar~~
	~~! Retroflex~~
	~~! Laminal~~
	~~! Velar~~
	~~! Labiovelar~~
	\|-
	~~! <center>Nasal</center>~~
	~~\| m~~
	~~\| n~~
	~~\| ɻ̃~~
	~~\| j̃~~
	~~\| ŋ̟~~
	~~\| ŋ̠ʷ~ɴ~~
	\|-
	~~! <center>Plosive</center>~~
	~~\| p b~~
	~~\| t d~~
	~~\| ʈ ɖ~~
	~~\| t̪ d̪~~
	~~\| k̟ g̟~~
	~~\| k̠ʷ~q g̠ʷ~ɢ~~
	\|-
	~~! <center>Approximant</center>~~
	~~\| v~~
	~~\| l~~
	~~\| ɻ~~
	~~\| j~~
	~~\| ɰ~~
	~~\| w~~
	\|}

	/k̟ g̟/ are herein represented as "k g" respectively, and /k̠ʷ~q g̠ʷ~ɢ/ as "q ɢ" for simplicity's sake, although in many people's speech they were post-velar as opposed to uvular, and exhibited labialisation and this is still prevalent in some modern dialects.

	~~=== Vowels ===~~
	~~{\| class="wikitable"~~
	~~\|+Vowels in Ancient Meó~~
	\|-
	~~! Vowels~~
	~~! Front~~
	~~! Back~~
	\|-
	~~! <center>Close</center>~~
	~~\| <center>ɪ i:</center>~~
	~~\| <center>ʊ u: ɯ</center>~~
	\|-
	~~! <center>Open</center>~~
	~~\| <center>æ</center>~~
	~~\| <center>ɑ:</center>~~
	\|}

	~~"ɯ" is a very unstable vowel and is typically found as a glide significantly more often than where it stands alone. It is the ancestor of h [x] in Modern Meó.~~

	~~=== Pitch ===~~
	Ancient Meó features two tones/pitches, the level tone, and the "emphatic" tone, whose pronunciation varies greatly, but a final glottal stop on the syllable is common (this is reflected in Modern Meó's falling tone). It is theorised the emphatic tone ultimately derives from final stops that were lost at an earlier stage in the language, or homorganic nasal-stop clusters that lost their stop component.


	~~=== Syllable structure ===~~

	~~Meó syllables almost exclusively follow a (ɰ-)(C(G))V(C) pattern (C = consonant, V = vowel, G = j, w, ɻ, ɰ).~~
	~~The ɰ- that precedes the syllable is reflected as [h~x] or has a tonal effect in almost every Modern Meó dialect, with only one dialect recorded as still pronouncing it as [ɰ].~~

	~~== Words ==~~
	~~<b>qɻɑː</b> <i>"wheel"</i> - kiá~~

	~~<b>ɰqɪ</b> <i>"Haki"</i> - Hké~~

	~~<b>æɻɰᵊkuː</b> <i>"Ahko"</i> - Ahko~~

	~~<b>kɻʊɻnɪ</b> <i>"family"</i> - śioeine~~

	~~1-12 in the base twelve system:~~

	~~<b>qɑː~~

	~~t̪ɰɑː~~

	~~ɑːtɑː~~

	~~vɪn~~

	~~ɢɰɪ~~

	~~ɑːtuː~~

	~~bɻɑː~~

	~~t̪ɑːn~~

	~~ɢɪɻiː~~

	~~qɪt̪~~

	~~lɑːqɪt~~

	~~mɻʊw~~

	ɰɪ
	~~</b>~~

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Consonants

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	! Alveolar		! Alveolar
	! Retroflex		! Retroflex
	! ~~Dental/Palatal~~		! Laminal
	! Velar		! Velar
	! Labiovelar		! Labiovelar

Swonx at 13:34, 21 November 2019

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	~~ancient stuff man~~. ~~all~~ modern Meó dialects derive ~~from this language~~.		Ancient Meó is the oldest attested form of the Meó language, the earliest attested form being on the writings in the [[Meó Shell Script]] (so named for being written on shells), whose earliest inscriptions can be dated back to the 73rd century. It is the ancestor of the modern day [[Meó language]], and of an additional 800 languages/dialects (the nature of whether these constitute "dialects" or "languages" is of much political controversy within the Meó nation and abroad, especially in the region of Post-Succlythia and within [[The Shattered Islands]]). Due to the way in which the [[Meó Scripts]] work, it is hard to derive the exact pronunciation of early Meó words outside their initial consonants (or, in some less common cases, vowels). This is overcome through the rigorous comparison of dialectal/linguistic differences, as well as through the use of the [[Lesser Meó Script]], an abugida form which dates from approximately the 79th century.
	[[Meó ~~language~~]]

	== Phonology ==		== Phonology ==
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	! Alveolar		! Alveolar
	! Retroflex		! Retroflex
	! Dental		! Dental/Palatal
	! Palatal
	! Velar		! Velar
	! Labiovelar		! Labiovelar
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	\| m		\| m
	\| n		\| n
	\|		\| ɻ̃
	\|		\| j̃
	\|		\| ŋ̟
	\|ŋ		\| ŋ̠ʷ~ɴ
	\|
	\|-		\|-
	! <center>Plosive</center>		! <center>Plosive</center>
	\| p b		\| p b
	\| t d		\| t d
	\|		\| ʈ ɖ
	\| t̪ d̪		\| t̪ d̪
	\|		\| k̟ g̟
	\| ~~k g~~		\| k̠ʷ~q g̠ʷ~ɢ
	~~\| kʷ gʷ~~
	\|-		\|-
	! <center>Approximant</center>		! <center>Approximant</center>
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	\| l		\| l
	\| ɻ		\| ɻ
	\|
	\| j		\| j
	\| ɰ		\| ɰ
	\| w		\| w
	\|}		\|}

			/k̟ g̟/ are herein represented as "k g" respectively, and /k̠ʷ~q g̠ʷ~ɢ/ as "q ɢ" for simplicity's sake, although in many people's speech they were post-velar as opposed to uvular, and exhibited labialisation and this is still prevalent in some modern dialects.

	=== Vowels ===		=== Vowels ===
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	! <center>Close</center>		! <center>Close</center>
	\| <center>ɪ i:</center>		\| <center>ɪ i:</center>
	\| <center>ʊ u: ɯ*</center>		\| <center>ʊ u: ɯ</center>
	\|-		\|-
	! <center>Open</center>		! <center>Open</center>
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	\|}		\|}

	*ɯ is ~~most commonly articulated as ɰ~~ as a glide or ~~ɰᵊ in preconsonantal environments~~		"ɯ" is a very unstable vowel and is typically found as a glide significantly more often than where it stands alone. It is the ancestor of h [x] in Modern Meó.

			=== Pitch ===
			Ancient Meó features two tones/pitches, the level tone, and the "emphatic" tone, whose pronunciation varies greatly, but a final glottal stop on the syllable is common (this is reflected in Modern Meó's falling tone). It is theorised the emphatic tone ultimately derives from final stops that were lost at an earlier stage in the language, or homorganic nasal-stop clusters that lost their stop component.


			=== Syllable structure ===

	~~Syllable structure - h~~-C~~-ɻ/ɰ-~~V~~-ɻ/ɰ/j/w/~~C		Meó syllables almost exclusively follow a (ɰ-)(C(G))V(C) pattern (C = consonant, V = vowel, G = j, w, ɻ, ɰ).
	C = ~~any~~ consonant, V = ~~any~~ vowel		The ɰ- that precedes the syllable is reflected as [h~x] or has a tonal effect in almost every Modern Meó dialect, with only one dialect recorded as still pronouncing it as [ɰ].

	== Words ==		== Words ==
	<b>~~kʷɻɑː~~</b> <i>"wheel"</i> - kiá		<b>qɻɑː</b> <i>"wheel"</i> - kiá

	<b>~~ɰkʷɪ~~</b> <i>"Haki"</i> - Hké		<b>ɰqɪ</b> <i>"Haki"</i> - Hké

	<b>æɻɰᵊkuː</b> <i>"Ahko"</i> - Ahko		<b>æɻɰᵊkuː</b> <i>"Ahko"</i> - Ahko
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	<b>~~kʷɑː~~		<b>qɑː

	t̪ɰɑː		t̪ɰɑː
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	vɪn		vɪn

	~~gʷɰɪ~~		ɢɰɪ

	ɑːtuː		ɑːtuː
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	t̪ɑːn		t̪ɑːn

	~~gʷɪɻiː~~		ɢɪɻiː

	~~kʷɪt̪~~		qɪt̪

	~~lɑːkʷɪt~~		lɑːqɪt

	mɻʊw		mɻʊw

Swonx at 04:30, 21 November 2019

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 ! <center>Close</center>
 | <center>ɪ i:</center>
-| <center>ʊ u:</center>
+| <center>ʊ u: ɯ*</center>
 |-
 ! <center>Open</center>
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 | <center>ɑ:</center>
 |}
 Syllable structure - h-C-ɻ/ɰ-V-ɻ/ɰ/j/w/C
 C = any consonant, V = any vowel

Swonx at 08:51, 19 November 2019

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	ancient stuff man. all modern Meó dialects derive from this language.		ancient stuff man. all modern Meó dialects derive from this language.
			[[Meó language]]

	== Phonology ==		== Phonology ==

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ancient stuff man. all modern Meó dialects derive from this language.

== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Consonants
! Bilabial
! Alveolar
! Retroflex
! Dental
! Palatal
! Velar
! Labiovelar
|-
! <center>Nasal</center>
| m
| n
|
|
|
|ŋ
|
|-
! <center>Plosive</center>
| p b
| t d
|
| t̪ d̪
|
| k g
| kʷ gʷ
|-
! <center>Approximant</center>
| v
| l
| ɻ
|
| j
| ɰ
| w
|}

=== Vowels ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+Vowels in Ancient Meó
|-
! Vowels
! Front
! Back
|-
! <center>Close</center>
| <center>ɪ i:</center>
| <center>ʊ u:</center>
|-
! <center>Open</center>
| <center>æ</center>
| <center>ɑ:</center>
|}

Syllable structure - h-C-ɻ/ɰ-V-ɻ/ɰ/j/w/C
C = any consonant, V = any vowel