Barejine

General information
Barejine (native Barzhinrizhe /bɑɾʒɪ̃ɾíʒə/) is a spoken language of the alien Patronans (Parneve /pɑɾnéɸə/) on the planet Patrona (Parune /pɑɾʊ̃́nə/). It is the official language of the country of Barejinia (Barzhine /bɑɾʒɪ̃́nə/), and its many former colonies. Barejinia is situated in the Chevin peninsula (Tshevi), a sub-peninsula of the Edalith peninsula (Âzlez), which is itself a subcontinent of the largest continent of the planet, Chiwar (Tshivar).

Classification
Barejine is a Chevin language (see Proto-Chevin), closely related to Alemarese. It is a direct descendant of True Chevin (Proto-Alemar-Barejine). As a Chevin language, it is also a member of the Edalith macrofamily (see Proto-Edalith).

Consonants
m, n, ny, p, b, t, d, tsh, dzh, k, g, q, f, v, s, z, sh, zh, j, h, l, ly, r


 * [q] is an allophone of /k/ before back vowels.
 * [β] is an allophone of /ɸ/ between vowels.

Monophthongs
i, oi, u, e, eu, o, ê, êu, ô, â, a, in, oin, un, an, e, en


 * There are only four non-marginal nasal monophthongs, not included in the table for brevity: /ɪ̃/, /ʏ̃/, /ʊ̃/, and /ɐ̃/.
 * [ʌ] is an allophone of /ɔ/ before /l/, /ʎ/, or /ɾ/.
 * There are two marginal phonemes: /ə/ & /ə̃/, which occur only in unstressed word-initial and word-final syllables. Most word-final instances are the result of weakening of low vowels.

Diphthongs
oe, oê, oâ, oa, oian, oan, -oie, -oe, -oien, -oen


 * There are also two nasal diphthongs, not included in the table for brevity: /yɐ̃/, and /uɐ̃/.
 * [yə], [uə], [yə̃], and [uə̃] are allophones of /yæ/, /uɑ/, /yɐ̃/, and /uɐ̃/ when unstressed word-finally.

Stress
Stress is usually on the last syllable, unless that syllable contains a reduced vowel, in which case the penultimate is stressed. Stress is not entirely predictable.

Sound Changes

 * 1) Initial and final epenthesis of /ǝ/
 * 2) First palatalization
 * 3) Palatalization of /k/ and /g/ before front vowels
 * 4) /k/ becomes /j/ before an obstruent
 * 5) Intervocalic & word-final non-geminate obstruents and those preceding /l/ and /r/ lenite
 * [θ, ð] > [s, z] / V_, > [t, d] elsewhere
 * [t, d, h, x]u > [ts, dz, ɸ, ɸ] / _[V, #]
 * 1) Second palatalization
 * jn, nj, gn, ng > ɲ & ni word-finally
 * jl, lj, gl, lg > ʎ & li word-finally
 * jt, tj, ts > tʃ & jd, dj, dz > dʒ & ti/tsi/di word-finally
 * js, sj, jx, xj, jh, hj > ʃ & jz, zj, ɣ > ʒ & si/zi/xi/ɣi/hi word-finally
 * 1) monophthongs disappear word-finally after a liquid immediately following a stressed vowel
 * [u, i] > [β, ʒ] before a vowel unless directly following a consonant
 * [u, i] > 0 before a mid-vowel of the same roundedness
 * 1) lowering of monophthongs & diphthongs with a first element of /u/ & /i/ before obstruent and liquid codas
 * 2) monophthongization:
 * 3) /ei/ > /e/
 * 4) /ou/ > /o/
 * 5) /au/, /ao/, /uau/, /uao/, /oau/, /oao/ > /ɔ/
 * 6) /ia/, /ea/, /ae/, /ai/, /iae/, /iai/ > /æ/
 * 7) /eu/, /eo/, /ueu/, /ueo/, /io/ > /ø/
 * 8) (i)[u, o] > ɥ / _F and > w / _B
 * 9) /iu/, /ɥi/ > /y/
 * 10) /iɔ/ > /œ/
 * 11) /a/>/ɑ/
 * 12) lowering and unrounding of monophthongs before liquid codas
 * 13) Nasalization
 * 14) nasal consonants induce nasalization of preceding vowels
 * 15) coda nasal consonants disappear
 * 16) nasal vowels collapse to /ɪ̃/, /ʏ̃/, /ʊ̃/, and /ɐ̃/
 * 17) /ɥɪ̃/ > /ʏ̃/
 * 18) consonants are lost before liquids
 * 19) Loss of intertonic (between a stressed syllable and the beginning or end of a word) vowels
 * 20) Low vowels become /ǝ/ when word-final (/ə̃/ when nasal)
 * 21) final /h/ and /hǝ/ disappear
 * 22) /k/ and /q/ merge
 * 23) q > k
 * 24) k > q / _B
 * 25) /ɸ/ and /β/ merge
 * 26) β > ɸ
 * 27) ɸ > β / V_V
 * 28) length distinctions are lost

Declension table

 * 1) O nouns' nominative singular is -e after consonant clusters or historical consonant clusters. Clusters of an obstruent plus a liquid got simplified. ex. qôle "lower back"
 * 2) I nouns' nominative is -0 for nouns whose stem ends in /n/, /l/, /t/, /d/, /s/, /z/, /x/, or /h/. These stem-final consonant will palatalize. It is also -0 for stems ending in a stressed vowel followed by a liquid. ex. suntsh "tail" and rizôr "eye"
 * 3) O nouns' genitive plural is -oi after /r/ and -u after /l/, where the /l/ becomes palatalized. ex. andaroi "cities'" and qôlyu "lower backs'"
 * 4) Preceding vowels lower before a null suffix. ex. noêzh "game" (stem noezh-)

Personal pronouns

 * 1) Pronouns are the only part of speech which have a separate accusative case. These are also used after prepositions where nouns would use the nominative.
 * 2) Possessive pronouns are determiners, and agree with following nouns in case, gender, and number.
 * 3) The reduced forms are used before words beginning with vowels.

Present tense
The present tense is used for ongoing current events and states.


 * 1) 1s is -0 for nouns whose stem ends in /n/, /l/, /t/, /d/, /s/, /z/, /x/, or /h/. These stem-final consonant will palatalize. It is also -0 for stems ending in a stressed vowel followed by a liquid. ex. s agaly "I am singing" and soi fur "I am lying"ex. s odzh "I give", t oza "you give", oze "it gives", nav ozen "we give", tsh ozar "you all give", ozà "they give"