Wiyat

Wiyat, derived from Proto-Hiereti ḥʔaṱ, meaning language, was a Hiereti language descended from Proto-Hieret. It was traditionally-spoken in the north-east of Hieret, and was a distant relative of Asa'gaff and Alatazem. Due to their shared ancestor, there were many similarities between the languages, in terms of lexicon, grammar and phonology. Wiyat was the main language of the I'Wiyat Kingdom and, at its height, it was spoken by almost five hundred thousand people.

Changes from Proto-Hiereti

 * 1) change of syllabics into non-syllabics and subsequent vowel lengthening
 * 2) change of ġz into sh
 * 3) change of ḥ into w
 * 4) change of  ṱ into t
 * 5) merger of   š, ś and s
 * 6) merger of  ṣ, ṣ́ and z
 * 7) merger of ṯ and  ḏ
 * 8) merger of  ḫ,  ġ and j
 * 9) merger of q and k
 * 10) loss of  ṭ 
 * 11) loss of glottals and subsequent vowel lengthening
 * 12) loss of pharyngeals
 * 13) affrication of ḏz in ch