Proto-Ayja-Né

Classification and Dialects

 * 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/

Root Construction
Proto-Ayja-Né was likely based on a bi-lateral root system with the use of apophony common to change meanings of roots slightly.

Bi-lateral roots are based on two consonants with a general meaning. The general meaning of the root becomes more specific as the root is declined into other 'secondary roots'. Although all modern languages derived from Proto-Ayja-Né have no well defined root systems, traces of the primary bi-lateral roots system can still be seen.

Conjugation
Proto-Ayja-Né conjugate according to mood, tense, state

Some although some consider Proto-Ayja-Né a conjugating language, most think that it attached its pronouns to the end of its verbs to determine subject and object:

mood-aspect-VERB(TENSE)-SubjectPronoun-IndirectObjectPronoun-DirectObjectPronoun

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