Iḥaṱazzen

Iḥaṱazzen, from Proto-Hiereti ḥʔaṱšzen, meaning our language, cognate with Alatazem, the language of the Ateter, was one of the Hiereti languages and was spoken in Hieret from c. 5000 ED. It was the language of the Uriṱeriqṱer Kingdom and lost prominence to Alatazem when the kingdom was conquered by its larger neighbour, the Ateter Kingdom.

Changes from Proto-Hiereti

 * 1) change of ns into affricate ts
 * 2) vocalisation of š between consonants
 * 3) hardening of word-initial h to k
 * 4) hardening of word-initial ġ to k
 * 5) merger of ġ and j
 * 6) merger of y and j
 * 7) merger of m̥ and m
 * 8) merger of h and ḥ
 * 9) merger of ḫ and r
 * 10) merger of ḏ and z
 * 11) merger of š and z
 * 12) merger of ṣ́ and ṣ
 * 13) merger of ṣ and s
 * 14) merger of g and q
 * 15) merger of ṭ and ṱ
 * 16) epenthesis of vowel before word-initial consonants
 * 17) epenthesis of i before plosives, fricatives and affricates
 * 18) epenthesis of u before sonorants
 * 19) epenthesis of vowels between some consonant clusters
 * 20) dissimilation of dentals
 * 21) dissimilation of DVD# into DVr#
 * 22) dissimilation of #DVD into #(V)sVD
 * 23) fortition of w into v
 * 24) loss of glottals
 * 25) loss of root system (morphological)