Proto-Southern Horn

General Information
The proto-language for all language spoken on the continent of Qorbnaklim on the conworld of Qorbna.

Word Stucture
(C)(V̥/V)(G)(V)(C)(C)(G)V(C)(C)(V̥/V)(G)(V)(C)
 * G = glide
 * Voiceless vowels can flow into voiced vowel, but voiced vowels cannot flow into voiceless
 * Glides, such as [j] or [ɹ], are considard consonants
 * Approximants cannot come after each other
 * Possible geminants are: [b], [j], and [ɲ]
 * These are considard two consonants
 * Approximants cannot be a final conosnant
 * Voiceless vowels cannot be a final consonant

Stress
Stress is irrelevant in Proto-Southern Horn.

General
If there are two vowels together, an approximant must go before it: On the other hand, if there are two consonants* together, a vowel must go before it (deals with the first consonant): (*) The only time this would happen is if: two plosives, an ejective, if voicing conflicted, palatal and alveolar.
 * y, u, œ, o - β̞
 * ɛ, ɨ - j
 * æ̞, ɤ - ɹ, j
 * ʉ̊, ɤ̊, æ̊ - h̞~x̞
 * bilabial
 * (voiced) - y
 * (voiceless/ejective) - ʉ̊
 * alveolar
 * (voiced) - ɛ
 * (voiceless/ejective) - ɤ̊
 * palatal
 * ɨ
 * ɤ̊
 * velar - arbitrary

Conjugated Morphemes
There are two sets of fusional-like morphemes: the voice-aspect and the person-number. The voice-aspect is where the ideas of voice and the aspect mix like they would if they were in a fusional language. The same is for person-number but with the ideas of person and number. The voice-aspect always comes first then person-number. Note: the conjugated morphemes are prefixes

Voice
In PSH, there are the active, passive, and the reciprocal voices. The reciprocal is a voice where the subject and the direct object are doing the verb to each other (i.e. an "each other" phrase).

Mood
In PSH, there are the indicative, imperative, adhortative, potential, and cupidic moods. The adhortative can be used as a "polite" imperitive and/or as a suggestion and/or request. The potential is a mood I made up used where the auxillary to be able or can would be used. The cupidic mood is a mood I made up used where the auxillary to want would be used.

Person
In PSH, there are the first, second, third, and fourth persons. The difference between third and fourth persons is synonomous to the difference between this and that where the third person describs a person near or in eye-sight of the speaker and fourth describing a pearson far away from the person. The fourth person can also mean people in general when used ambiguously.

Number
In PSH, there are the singular, lesser paucle, and greater paucle numbers. The lesser paucle is the plural but only when it is a countable amount greater than 1. The greater paucle is for all plurals with numbers larger than countable.

Aspect and Tense
In PSH, the aspects and the tenses are very close. The only tense in PSH is the present, which is unmarked, and other tenses and ideas come from paraphrastic phrases and aspects. There are the perfect, perfective, continuous, and habitual. The perfect aspect described something done before the moment that is still applicable at that moment. The perfective describes a tenseless idea, where the tense is irrelevent; it is sometimes called the gnomic. The continuous aspect describes any moment still occuring at the moment uttered. The habitual aspect is one that describes a methodic and/or systematic and/or ritual action.

Other tenses are still possible: the past and future tenses; they use paraphrastic phrases. Using the verb to go in the perfect gives the future past, and the perfective gives the future. In the past, using the verb to past in the perfect gives the pluperfect, and the perfective gives the simple past. Note that the continuous and habitual, when used with the paraphrastic phrases, don't affect the tense they just add their aspect. A paraphrastic phrase is formed by: infinitive + conjugated auxillary (i.e. to have, or to go).

Conjugation
Note: the conjugations are prefixes

Indicative
​Voice and Aspect Person and number