Proto-Ayja-Né

Classification and Dialects
Proto-Ayja-Né and has a V-S-O word order.


 * Proto-Ayja-Né
 * Ko-Ayja
 * Uylebisan
 * Tthit’e-Xwăłe
 * Tthit’e
 * Xwăłe
 * Northern
 * Nanjey'a
 * Njhuy'é
 * Kwxwąątsătwth
 * Central
 * Southern
 * Né
 * Northern
 * Southern

Phonotactics
Syllables are CV(C)

Open Syllables have no consonant following the vowel. Closed syllables are closed with either nasalization or checking. Nasalization depends upon the consonant of the following syllable. When the onset of the following syllable is a nasal {m, n, ɲ, ŋ}, the nasalization merges with the next syllable (i.e. instead of "hemmeɪ"; "hemeɪ" to turn red) Checking, in Proto-Ayja-Né, is when a plain plosive closes a syllable. This happens in several situations depending on the quality of the vowel.
 * Ex. /ba/, /gʲʰaʊ/, /t̪eɪ/
 * Ex. /poʊm/, /gʷʰeŋ/
 * Before {p, b, bʰ, f, v, h, ʔ} the nasalization is [m].
 * Before {t̪, d̪, d̪ʰ, ð, θ, z, s, r, h, ʔ} the nasalization is [n].
 * Before {t̪ʲ, d̪ʲʰ, ðʲ, θʲ, gʲ, kʲ, gʲʰ, h, ʔ} the nasalization is [ɲ].
 * Before {k, g, gʰ, gʷ, kʷ, gʷʰ, ɣ, x, h, ʔ} the nasalization is [ŋ].
 * Free vowels are vowels that exist in a syllable without a syllable coda. These include:
 * /iː/
 * /eɪ/
 * /uː/
 * /oʊ/
 * /aɪ/
 * /aʊ/
 * /oː/
 * /ɑː/
 * Checked vowels are vowels that do not exist in a syllable without a syllable coda. These include:
 * /e/
 * /a/
 * /ʊ/
 * /ɪ/

Verbs
Proto-Ayja-Né verbs do not conjugate, but take on suffixes for

Verb Roots
VERBSTEM-tense-mood-aspect-SubjectPronoun-IndirectObjectPronoun-DirectObjectPronoun

'ø' represents the lack of a qualifier in that position of the pronoun. The first 'ø' is for number and the second 'ø' is for gender. This representation is not pronounced or spelled in the actual word and is only present in the grammatical representation of the word.

Proto-Ayja-Né verbs also have aspects marked by prefixes.Some aspects combine with others to create even finer distinctions. The following are all the common aspects:

Syntax
Proto-Ayja-Né is considered a VSO