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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-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.
[[Meó language]]
 
== Phonology ==
=== Consonants ===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Consonants
! Bilabial
! Alveolar
! Retroflex
! Dental
! Palatal
! Velar
! Labiovelar
|-
! <center>Nasal</center>
| m
| n
|
|
|
|
|-
! <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: ɯ*</center>
|-
! <center>Open</center>
| <center>æ</center>
| <center>ɑ:</center>
|}
 
*ɯ is most commonly articulated as ɰ as a glide or ɰᵊ in preconsonantal environments
 
Syllable structure - h-C-ɻ/ɰ-V-ɻ/ɰ/j/w/C
C = any consonant, V = any vowel
 
== Words ==
<b>kʷɻɑː</b> <i>"wheel"</i> - kiá
 
<b>ɰkʷɪ</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>kʷɑː
 
t̪ɰɑː
 
ɑːtɑː
 
vɪn
 
gʷɰɪ
 
ɑːtuː
 
bɻɑː
 
t̪ɑːn
 
gʷɪɻiː
 
kʷɪt̪
 
lɑːkʷɪt
 
mɻʊw
 
ɰɪ
</b>

Latest revision as of 01:25, 11 March 2022

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.