Old Nanshomok

Old Nanshomok is the oldest attested stage of the Nanshomok language, belonging to the Olokian language family. Old Nanshomok split from Proto-Olokian around 9,000 years ago when the Olokians arrived the Arabian Peninsula and the Fertile Crescent, coming from the Iranian heartland, displacing the related Proto-Ahasawar to North Africa.

Divisions

 * 1) Iwinashoh
 * 2) Central Nanshomok (Middle Nanshomok)
 * 3) Pasoqot

Phonological changes from Proto-Olokian to Old Nanshomok

 * 1) Lenition of the Proto-Olokian affricates /t͡s, d͡z/ into Old Nanshomok fricatives [s , z].
 * 2) Lenition of the Proto-Olokian uvular plosives /q, ɢ/ into Old Nanshomok fricatives [χ , ʁ].
 * 3) Proto-Olokian /s/ becomes Old Nanshomok [ʃ].
 * 4) Merger of /ə/ with the remaining vowels.