Old Shax

General Information
Shax is the main Lingua Franca of the country of Mauritania (note: the Mauritania is not the real-world Mauritania, the Islamic Republic of, but the Republic of Mauritania, a con-state, with its English name, Mauritania, coming after the ancient Roman province of the same name. In this universe, the Islamic Republic of Mauritania is called the Islamic State of Agawej, after the berber name for it.).

Mauritania consists of, in modern day terms, Morocco, the provinces of Tangier-Tetouan, Taza-Al Hoceima-Taounate, Oriental, Fès-Boulemane, Gharb-Chrarfa-Béni Hssen, Meknès-Tafilalet, Chaouia-Ouardigha, Rabat-Salé-Zemmour-Zaer, Grand Casablanca, Doukkala-Abda, Marrakech-Tensift-El Haouz, Tadla-Azilal, and Souss-Massa-Drâa, and all the provinces of Algeria except Tindouf, Adrar, Tamanghasset, Illizi, Ouargla, El Oued, and Tébessa.

In Mauritania, there are many languages. The official language is Shax. Recognized minority languages are Kayble Berber, Tashelhit Berber, Spanish, French, Moroccan colloquial Arabic, and Algerian colloquial Arabic.

Sound Changes
These are the sound changes from original Antiquity Latin. Note: they're al in order
 * 1) V = vowel
 * 2) ´ (acute accent) = stressed syllable
 * 3) ` (grave accent) = unstressed syllable

Antiquity > Vulgar

 * Removal of phonemic legnth (ex: [eː] > [e])
 * Vowel Shift
 * e, ɪ > e
 * o, ʊ > o
 * e > ɪ/_V
 * ɑi̯ > ɛ
 * ɑu̯ > o
 * oi̯ > e
 * h > ∅
 * syncope
 * n, m > ∅/syllable-final
 * w, b > β>V_V
 * regularization of irregular nouns
 * emphasis of gendered nouns
 * Vulgar Laitn words
 * e, i > j/_V
 * o, u > w/_V

Vulgar > Western Romance

 * s > es/#_
 * m > ∅/_#
 * ns > s
 * er > re/_#
 * or > ro/_#
 * syncope
 * e, i > j/in hiatus
 * kj > kkj
 * dj, gj > j
 * kj, tj > tsj
 * kkj > ttsj
 * kt > jt
 * ks > js
 * ɛ́ > ie/open syllable
 * ɔ́ > uo/open syllable
 * (p, t, k) > (b, d, g)/V_V, r
 * (b, d, g) > (v, ð, ʝ)/V_V, r
 * ts > dz/V_V, r
 * pl > bl/V_V
 * (t, d) > (d, ð)/V_#
 * jn, nj, gn, ŋn, ngj > ɲ
 * jl, gl > ʎ
 * syncope

Western Romance > Meghrebian Romance

 * β > v
 * ʎ > ʝ; ɟ/CV́_
 * ʝ > ɟ
 * V́ > V̀/_ɲ, ʎ, ɟ
 * è, ì > ɪ
 * ò, ù > ʊ
 * ɛ, é > ɛ̝
 * ɔ, ó > ɔ̝
 * á > æ
 * simplification of geminates
 * simplification of affricates to fricatives
 * (sj, zj) > (ʃ, ʒ)
 * (s, z) > (ʃ, ʒ)/__(i, ɪ, ɛ̝́)
 * kʷɔ̝, kʷu > ku
 * k > h/V_ɛ̝, ɔ̝, a, æ, ʊ
 * k > ∅/V_i, ɪ
 * Berber and Arabic Words

Meghrebian Romance > Shax

 * ∅ > h/#_V
 * æ̀ > ɪ
 * ʊ́ > ɔ̝
 * ʊ̀ > u
 * r > l/open stressed syllables
 * l > r/open unstressed syllables
 * g > ʁ/V_V́
 * ʕ > ∅
 * ħ > h
 * ʁ > h
 * ʔ > h
 * tˤ, dˤ, sˤ, zˤ > t, d, s, z
 * q > h/open unstressed syllble-final
 * Lenition
 * Voiced
 * b > m/_#
 * d > n/_#
 * g > ŋ/_#
 * Voiceless
 * p > f
 * t > s
 * k > h
 * q > χ
 * ɪ, a > ∅/n, m_C (unstressed syllable)
 * ɪ, a > ə/C_ŋ, fricative (unstressed syllable)

Syllable Formation
(C)(G)V(C)

where G = glide

Stress
Stress is not phonemic.

Alphabet
¹Before I, E, and Y

² Only occurs with the sound change ɪ, a > ə/C_ŋ, fricative (unstressed syllable)