Cangic Languages

The Cangic Languages are a group of languages descended from the Proto-Cang language (later form: Old Dang). These languges are spoken in Tanzang and its colonies.

Proto-Cang Language

Reconstructed Phonology

		Labial	Alveolar	Palatal	Velar
Nasal		*m	*n	*ɲ	*ŋ
Plosive	Plain	*p	*t	*c	*k
	Aspirated	*pʰ	*tʰ	*cʰ	*kʰ
	Voiced	*b	*d		*g
Affricate			*ts
Fricative		*v	*s *z	*ʃ	*x
Liquid			*l

The identities of reconstructed *v and *z are highly disputed. The most common consensus is /v z/. Some theorize /w j/. Some even say that they are /v z/ initially and /w j/ finally.

*cʰ and *kʰ are also disputed. Some argue that *cʰ kʰ are actually /kʰ cʰ/.

Only the phonemes */m n ŋ p t k v z l/ can appear in syllable coda.

Vowels

The Proto-Cang language had 10 vowels.

	Front	Central	Back
Close	i	ɨ(ː) ʉ	u
Close-Mid	eː		oː
Open-Mid	ɛ		ɔ
Open	a		ɑː

Descendants

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

• Dangic
  • Tanzangi Language
  • Tanshe Language (Tenggee)
• Mossic
  • Moss Language (Muchài)
  • Batou Language (Bdû)
• Ricset Language (Fiksāt)
• Quand Language

Sound Correspondences

Proto-Cang	Proto-Dangic	Tanzangi	Tanshe	Proto-Mossic	Moss	Batou	Ricset	Quand
*m	*m	m	m	*m	m	m	m	m
*n	*n	n	n	*n	n	n	n	n
*ɲ	*ɲ	ɲ	ɲ	*ŋ	ŋ	ŋ	j	ɲ
*ŋ	*ɲ, *ŋ	ɲ, ŋ	ɲ, ŋ	*ŋ	ŋ	ŋ	g	ŋ
*p	*p	p	p	*p	p (V˧)	p	p	b
*t	*t	t	t	*t	t (V˧)	t	t	d
*c	*c	ts	ʃ	*tʃ	tʃ (V˧)	tʃ	tʂ	g
*k	*k	k	k	*k	k (V˧)	k	k	gʷ
*pʰ	*pʰ	r	b	*pʰ	p (V˥˧)	pʰ	ɸ	p
*tʰ	*tʰ	f	d	*tʰ	t (V˥˧)	tʰ	θ	t
*cʰ	*cʰ	ʃ	ʒ	*kʰ	k (V˥˧)	kʰ	ʂ	k
*kʰ	*kʰ	s	g	*tʃʰ	tʃ (V˥˧)	tʃʰ	q	kʷ
*b	*b	b	v	*b	p (V˩˧)	b	b	(m)b
*d	*d	d	z	*d	t (V˩˧)	d	d	(n)d
*g	*g	g	ɣ	*g	k (V˩˧)	g	g	(ŋ)g
*ts	*ts	t	s	*ts	ts	ts	r	s
*v?	*v	f	v	*b	p (V˩˧)	b	w	v
*s	*s	s	s	*s	s	s	s	h
*z?	*z	s	z	*dʒ	tʃ (V˩˧)	dʒ	j	z, j
*ʃ	*z	s	z	*ʃ	ʃ	ʃ	g	s
*x	*x	h	x	*x	x	x	χ	f
*l	*l	l	l	*l	l	l	ɫ	r
*i
*u
*ɨ(ː)
*ʉ
*eː
*oː
*ɛ
*ɔ
*a
*ɑː
*-p
*-t
*-k
*-m
*-n
*-ŋ
*-v
*-z
*-l