Proto-Tsai-Chire

The Proto-Tsai-Chire language (PTC) is the ancestor of all Tsai-Chire languages.

Phonology

Vowels

	Front	Back
Close	i	u
Mid	ø	o
	e	ɤ
Open	æ	ɑ

Every vowel can be combined with each other for a diphthong.

Consonants

	Labial	Alveolar	Velar
Plosive	p	t	k
Nasal	m	n	ŋ
Fricative	f	s	h
Liquid		l

Every consonant can also be geminated!!!! Isn't that fun

Grammar

Proto-Tsai-Chire is an agglutinative language.

Cases

PTC has five cases:

Name	Suffix
Nominative	-∅
Genitive	-e, -i
Accusative	-ɑ
Instrumental	Gen + -ju
Locative	Gen + -n
Vocative	-ijɑ }}