What I have so far of “Payorachi”

Overview

Proto-Payorachi
Native name for now:
Pajujratsjɑi /paʎʊʎratʃai/

Proposed Inventory: Unknown if accurate or not
Consonants
Type Bilabial Labio-velar Alveolar Dental Palatal Velar Glottal
Plosive /p pʰ/ ⟨p⟩ /t tʰ/ ⟨t⟩ /kʲ kʲʰ/ ⟨kj kjh⟩ /k kʰ kʷ kʷʰ/ ⟨k k ku ku⟩ Nasal /m/ ⟨m⟩ /n/ ⟨n⟩ /ɲ/ ⟨nj⟩ Fricative /s sʰ ʃ/ ⟨s z sj⟩ /ɣ/ ⟨ġ⟩ /h/ ⟨h⟩
Affricate /tʃ/ ⟨tsj⟩ Lateral /l/ ⟨l⟩ /ʎ/ ⟨j⟩ Trill /r/ ⟨r⟩ Approximant /w/ ⟨w⟩

Vowels:
Type Front Central Back
Close /i/ ⟨i⟩ /u~ʊ/ ⟨u⟩
Mid Open /a/ ⟨a⟩

Middle-Payorachi
Native name became
“Pajorazi” /pajoraθi/

Here came the start of the adoption of the Vulgar Latin due to colonization of their land Proto-Payorachi was lost but some substratum was still preserved such as many of the sounds which got either broken down due to Latin influence or natural evolutionary changes

Consonants:
Type Bilabial Labio-velar Alveolar Dental Palatal Velar
Plosive /p/ ⟨p⟩ /t/ ⟨t⟩ /k/ ⟨k⟩
Nasal /m/ ⟨m⟩ /n/ ⟨n⟩ /ɲ/ ⟨nj⟩ Fricative /f v/ ⟨f v⟩ /s ʃ θ/ ⟨s c z⟩ /x/ ⟨x⟩
Affricate Lateral /l/ ⟨l⟩ /j/ ⟨j⟩ Trill /r/ ⟨r⟩ Approximant /w/ ⟨w⟩ What changed?
Fricativazation of aspirated stops:
/pʰ/ became /f/ when start and final and /v/ medially
/kʰ/ became /x/
/tʰ/ became /θ/

De-labialization:
/kʷ kʷʰ/ collapsed into /kʊ/

Sibilant voicing and collapsing:
/sʰ/ was lost and replaced with /θ/
/tʃ/ became /θ/

Loss of /h/

Loss of /ɣ/ which was replaced by /j/

Loss of palatalized stops:

/kʲ kʲʰ/ were lost and in place of it came “e” so now if it was -kj- it’ll become -e-

Vowels:
Type Front Central Back
Close /i/ ⟨i⟩ /u~ʊ/ ⟨u⟩
Mid /ɛ~e/ ⟨e⟩ /o~ɔ/ ⟨o⟩
Open /a/ ⟨a⟩ What changed?
Diphthongs ay/aw became
/e~ɛ, o~ɔ/

Cases:
Case Function Suffix example
Nom Marks subject -ø unmarked Lepa {A/The stone}
Genitive Marks possession -onj Rajonj {Of the/king}

Known grammar:

Gender marking:
Not need but used when needed
Gender Suffix Example
Masc -o Etio {Doctor (m)}
Neut -ø/unmarked Aret {Land}
Fem -a Alema {Teacher (f)}
Notes:
“Etio” comes from Latin “Medicus”
And I must note that Pajorazi does not prononce an “m” if it’s at the start with is why it became “Eti(a/o)”

“Alema” comes from Arabic “Alem(a)”/“عالم(ـة)" meaning Researcher/Scientist/Knower of knowledge

“Aret” meaning land comes from Arabic “/ʔardˤ/

This period brung many loan words from Arabic and Latin

Pajorat
Pronounced /pajorat/
(This is the modern language which is descended from Pajorazi)

Consonants:
Type Bilabial Labio-velar Alveolar Dental Palatal Velar
Plosive /p/ ⟨p⟩ /t/ ⟨t⟩ /k ɡ/ ⟨k ɡ⟩
Nasal /m/ ⟨m⟩ /n/ ⟨n⟩ /ɲ/ ⟨nj⟩ Fricative /ɸ/ ⟨ph⟩ /f v/ ⟨f v⟩ /s ʃ θ/ ⟨s c z⟩ /x/ ⟨x⟩
Affricate Lateral /l/ ⟨l⟩ Trill /r/ ⟨r⟩ Approximant /w/ ⟨w⟩ /j/ ⟨j⟩

What changed?

Introduction of /g/ through /ɣ/ which was lost yet resurfaced through which /k/ was pronounced /ɣ/ medially and then it became /g/

Introduction of /ɸ/ through /f/ now when an /f/ is in the start of a word it becomes /ɸ/ written ⟨ph⟩

Loss of /w/ which was replaced with /v/

Vowels:
Type Front Central Back
Close /i/ ⟨i⟩ /u ʊ/ ⟨u ú⟩
Mid /ɛ e/ ⟨e é⟩ /ə/ ⟨y⟩ /o ɔ/ ⟨o ó⟩
Open /a/ ⟨a⟩ What changed?

Introduction of the schwa which emerged in unstressed syllables

Distinction of vowel qualities now clearly distinguished

Posted Sep 12, 2026, 8:43 AM UTC

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