Proto-Alemar-Barejine

General Information
Proto-Alemar-Barejine (Kevirriks) is the most recent common ancestor of Alemarese and Barejine. It was spoken in the center of the Chevin peninsula, spreading west inland, or to the east, the coasts and to the surrounding islands (displacing other languages minus Varrit).

Classification
The Alemar-Barejine continuum of languages are grouped into two branches: East and West. The family started as a dialect continuum until the establishment of unions of city-states under monarchs, which lead to the development of separate languages.

Proto-Alemar-Barejine is a direct descendant of Proto-Chevin, relating it to other Chevin languages, and more distantly to other Edalith languages.

Full List
V= vowel, S= stop, C= consonant, F=front vowel, [+vcd]= voiced, [-vls]= voiceless
 * [a:, e:] > [:a, :e] / #S[+vcd]_
 * 1) S[+vcd]: > S[+vls]
 * [t, d] > [θ, ð] /_[u, w] unless C_u#
 * w[t, d] > [θ, ð]
 * 1) nʢ > q
 * 2) ʢ > h / _[u, w], V_V
 * 3) ʢ > q / elsewhere
 * 4) Vg > e / _ unless stressed
 * 5) ej > i / C_#
 * 6) m > n / _#
 * 7) rS > Sr
 * 8) u > 0 / C_#
 * [s, t] > 0 / [V, j, w]_#
 * 1) 0 > e / S_r#
 * 2) p > f / _[u, w]
 * 3) f > v / V_V, _F
 * 4) s > z / i_V, C[+vcd]_i, _a unless _a:
 * 5) Adjacent syllables could now only differ by one height level. /i/ and /u/ lower to /e/ and /o/, respectively, after /a/, and /a/ raises to /e/ after /i/ and /u/. Long vowels did not shift, but instead a preceding syllable would shift to keep the height harmony. Diphthongs did not shift nor induce shifts.
 * 6) ng > nj
 * 7) gn > ng
 * 8) w > 0 / V_V
 * 9) wow > u:
 * 10) ow > wo
 * 11) j > i
 * 12) w > u
 * : > 0 / V_V
 * a: > au unless _[A, #]
 * 1) au > a: / _#
 * o: > ou unless _[A, #]
 * 1) eu > i: / _#
 * u: > iu / [l, r]_
 * 1) ai > ae
 * : C > C: unless C is m, h, z, S[+vcd], q
 * 1) Stress shifts to the last long vowel of a word if one is present. Stress also shifts one syllable rightward in verbs when conjugated in the 2nd and 3rd person plural.
 * V: > V

Consonants
The traditional classification and symbols are shown below.

Vowels

 * Legal diphthongs are /ei/, /oi/, /ae/, /eu/, /ou/, and /au/. All other adjacent vowels are pronounced in two separate syllables.