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
'∅' represents the lack of a morpheme in that position of the pronoun. '∅' should not be confused with 'Ø' and 'ø', the letters representing the vowel /ʊ/.

Syntax
Proto-Ayja-Né is considered a VSO