Middle Pelhaforan

Middle Pelhaforan was a stage of the Pelhaforan language after Old Pelhaforan (OP).

Affricates
/ts/ (z), /tʃ/ (ch)

Vowels
Long vowels are expressed by double vowels (i.e. a: -> 'aa').

Unstressed /e/ is realized as [ə]; unstressed /i/ can be realized as [ɪ].

Diphthongs
/ai/ /au/ /ei/ /oi/

Phonotactics
(C₁(C₂))V₁(V₂)(C₃)

is the Pelhaforan syllable structure, where:


 * C₁ is an optional consonant onset;


 * C₂ is a optional medial consonant which is either /j/ or /w/;


 * V₁(V₂) is either the monopthong or diphthong nuclei, or lengthened vowel;


 * and C₃ is the optional consonant coda, which can be /n/, /t/, /k/, and /ɾ/.

Sound Changes From Old Pelhaforan
The symbols used follow the convention of Index Diachronica.
 * Vs -> V:∅ / _%
 * h -> ∅ / V_V
 * u -> w / _V ! uu
 * i -> j / _V ! ii
 * e -> j / _B
 * e -> e: / _E
 * B -> u / a_
 * a{e, i] -> ai
 * oB -> o:
 * o -> w / _E ! _i
 * d z -> z r / V_V
 * z -> ts
 * o -> ɔ
 * sj si -> ʃ ʃi
 * tj ti -> tʃ tʃi
 * m -> ∅ / _w
 * b -> ʋ / _B
 * nj -> ɲ
 * g -> ∅ / _w
 * e -> i / #_

Nouns
Pelhaforan nouns are not marked for grammatical gender, number, or articles. Pelhaforan has a possession marker, “ki” (also the conjunction for comparisons), which is placed after the possessor and before the possessed object. Unlike in Old Pelhaforan, ki is almost never omitted in formal writing, although dialectally it may be dropped in cases of inalienable possession.

Personal pronouns
Personal pronouns are marked by person and number. An intensive pronoun can be expressed with the suffix “-sur” placed after the personal pronoun. Placed alone after the verb, “sur” may also express the reflexive.

1zoo derives from OP pronoun zos meaning "this person." It is more colloquial and less formal than het.

2 tee (from OP tes meaning "that person"), kor (from OP goza, "woman"), and kaa (from OP kas, third-person singular pronoun) are masculine, feminine, and neuter respectively.