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Revision as of 17:56, 29 July 2025

The Cangic Languages are a group of languages descended from the Proto-Cang language. These languges are spoken in Tanzang and its colonies.

Proto-Cang Language

Reconstructed Phonology

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar
Nasal *m *n
Plosive Plain *p *t *c *k
Aspirated *pʰ *tʰ *cʰ *kʰ
Voiced *b *d *g
Fricative *s *x
Liquid *w *l *j
??? *bʰ *T

The exact identities of the reconstructed phonemes *bʰ *T and *š are unknown. *bʰ may be /v~β~w~ⁿb/, *T may be /t͡s~θ~tˀ/, and *š may be /ʃ~ʂ~ʐ~ɹ/.Only the phonemes *m *n *ŋ *p *t *k *w *j and *l can appear in syllable coda, and *w and *j are exclusive to the coda. *w and *j may be the same phoneme as *bʰ and *ɟ.

Vowels

The Proto-Cang language had 10 vowels.

Front Back
Close *i *y *ɯ *u
Close-Mid *eː *oː
Open-Mid
Open *a *aː

Descendants

The Cangic language family consists of the following languages and branches:

Sound Correspondences

Proto-Cang Proto-Dangic Tanzangi Tanshe Proto-Mossic Moss Batou Proto-Rilinxig Rilinxig Lunag Ricset Pre-Ancient Sanno
*m *m m m *m m m *m m m m
*n *n n n *n n n *n n n n
n̠ʲ ŋ ŋ ɟ j
*g g g g
*p *p p p *p p (V˧) p *p p p p
*t *t t t *t t (V˧) t *t t t t
*c *tʃ θ ʃ *tʃ tʃ (V˧) *c c
*k *k k k *k k (V˧) k *k k k k
*pʰ ʀ v *pʰ p (V˥˧) *pʰ f f ɸ
*tʰ f z *tʰ t (V˥˧) *tʰ s ts θ
*cʰ s ɦ *tʃʰ tʃ (V˥˧) tʃʰ *cʰ ç ʃ ʂ
*kʰ x ʒ *kʰ k (V˥˧) *kʰ χ q
*b *b b b *b p (V˩˧) b ɓ p’ b
*d *d d d *d t (V˩˧) d ɗ t’ d
*z s z *dʒ tʃ (V˩˧) *d d d j
*g *g g g *g k (V˩˧) g ʄ k’ g
*bʰ *w ʀ v *b p (V˩˧) b *b b b w βˠ
*T *ts t s *ts ts ts h x r
*s *s s *s s s *s s s s (z)ˠ
*z z ʃ ʃ *h h x g (z)ʲ
*x *h h *x x x *x h x χ βʲ
*l *l l l *l l l *l ɫ l ɫ
*i *i i i *i i i *i i i ɪ i
*y *uː u u ju ɨ eɪ̯ ʷi i
ɔ ə wi ə oʊ̯ ʲu u
*u *u o o *u u u *u u u ʊ u
*eː *iː ɨ ɨ *eː e *e aɪ̯ ˤi e
*e e e ɛ ɛ ɛ ʲɑ æ e
*oː *oː ɔ ɒ *oː o *o aʊ̯ ˤu o
a ɐ ɔ ɔ ɔ ʷɑ ɑː o
*a ə, ∅ *a a *a a ɑ æ a
*aː *a ɛ æ *aː a a *ɹV ɻ* (r)* ɑː a
*-p *p p p *p w˧˥ p, f *p p p p _C[+geminate]

V[+stress] / _$

*-t *t t t *t j˧˥ t, s *t t t t
*-k *k k k *k ˧˥ k, x *k k k k
*-m *m m m *m * m *m m m b, m n
*-n *n n n *n n *n n n d, n
*-ŋ ŋ ŋ ŋ *g g g g, ŋ
*-w *f ʀ f *w w˧˩ w *b b b w V[+long]
*-j *s s s *j j˧˩ j *d d d j
*-l *l l l *l ˧˩ l *l ɫ l ɫ

Proto-Mossic *-m: the sequences *im, *eːm, and *ɛm become Moss /y jœ œ/. Otherwise, *-m nasalizes the preceding vowel.

Proto-Rilinxig *ʔ and *h nearly always apply a change to an adjacent phoneme rather than becoming their listed descendant.

Proto-Rilinxig *V: this vowel assimilates to the following vowel at some point during the evolution of both Rilinxig and Lunag. However, they assimilate differently in each language.

A clockwise vowel shift is known to have happened during the evolution from Proto-Dangic to modern Tanzangi.