Sheikah language

The Sheikah language is said to be the predecessor to the Kyawcennic languages.

Phonology

Consonants

	Bilabial			Alveolar			Postalveolar		Palatal	Velar-Uvular
	asp	unv	v	asp	unv	v	unv	v		asp	unv	v
Plosive	/pʰ/	/p/	/b/	/tʰ/	/t/	/d/				/kʰ/	/k/	/g/
Nasal			/m/			/n/						(ŋ)
Fricative					/s/	/(d)z/	/ʃ/	/(d)ʒ/	(ɕ)		/x/
Affricate					/ts/		/tʃ/		(tɕ)
Liquid						/l/		/ɻ/ ⟨r⟩	/j/		/w/

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
	Short	Long		Short	Long
Close	/i/	/iː/	ʉ
Mid	/e/	/eː/	/ɘ/	/o/	/oː/
Open				/ɑ/	/ɑː/

Diphthongs

/aʊ/

/ai/

/eo/

/ei/

/iu/

/oʉ/

Orthography

Translt.	Pronunciation
A	/ɑ/
AA	/ɑː/
AW	/aʊ/
AY	/ai/
B	/b/
C	/ts/
D	/d/
E	/e/
EE	/eː/
EW	/eo/
EY	/ei/
F	/pw/
G	/ɡ/ (onset) /ŋ/ (coda)
H	/x/
I	/ɘ/
IY	/ɘi/
J	/dʒ/ (onset) /ʒ/ (coda)
K	/k/
KI	/kʰ/
L	/l/
M	/m/
N	/n/
NG	/ŋg/
O	/o/
OO	/oː/
OU	/wʉ/
P	/p/
PI	/pʰ/
Q	/tʃ/ /tɕ/ before front vowels
R	/r/
S	/s/
T	/t/
TI	/tʰ/
U	/ʉ/
V	/ɱ/
W	/o/ /w/ before vowel
WU	/oʉ/
X	/ʃ/ /ɕ/ before front vowels
Y	/j/
YW	/iw/
Z	/dz/ (onset) /z/ (coda)

Grammar

TBC

Evolution to Kyawcenni

1. x > χ
2. ɘi > ɪj
3. ɘ > i
4. i > ɪj /_#
5. ɱ > mw
6. ʉ > y
7. r > ɻ
8. e > ɛː /_{tʰ,kʰ,pʰ}
9. o > ɔː /_{tʰ,kʰ,pʰ}
10. tʰ,kʰ,pʰ > t,k,p
11. ɑ,ɑː > a,aː
12. e,o > eː,oː /_{r,l}
13. e,o > ɛ,ɔ
14. l > w /_#, C_V, V_C
15. tɕ,ɕ > cç,ç

See also

• Kyawcenni language