Specifics about the Drem and the world around them

Dremish culture and food … (What is their mindset, and what fills their bellies)

Building and Architecture … (from small semi-nomadic camps to the beginning of agriculture)

Mining and Technology … (the Neolithic hunter gathers becoming civilized)

Proto-Drem:

Proto-Drem is my main language for the area. Proto-Drem is a Polysynthetic language, that interestingly enough, takes a good amount of syntax from Thai, although, tweaked enough that someone has to really look to make sure it is Thai they are looking at. There is plenty of the language that is a fusion of Amerindian culture and spirituality and a lot of Bantu specifics. The sounds of Proto-Drem are very much taken from Bantu sources, with a nod to Maasai and those wonderful implosives.

And I want to make sure I credit David Smyth, Cholthica Sudmuk, Mr. Mansuwan and Kingkarn Thepkanjana for their outstanding work on the Thai language. I also want to credit J.S. Burke on his work on section dealing with Animacy. For the Bantu and Chadic information, I’d like to thank the esteemed Malcolm Guthrie, Gerard Philippson, Prof. Larry Hyman of UC Berkeley, and Moira Yip for their incredible work on Sound Changes, Tones and Vowel Harmony.

Proto-Drem Reference Grammar: (is around 375+ pages and just need to redo the lexicon)

Phonological Reference Files:

The two main charts deal with the phonological specifics of the languages that make up Proto-Drem. So, one will find roughly 8000 years of sample roots, tracking them from the time they were spoken during the days of the Ice-Age and Mammoths thru the years, all the way to Proto-Drem.

The root tracking chart is specific since one can follow the roots and see how the roots change due to the sound changes seen above in the phonological history chart.

The syllable sound tracking chart is also specific as thru each language, one can see where each sound was; no matter if root initial, medial, final or inter-vocalic. The new sounds due to sound changes are of course tracked. And one can see when sounds drop off and are no longer used, and one sees when sounds are born and used for the first time.

Root Tracking Chart (tracking just how and when the roots changed)

Syllable sound tracking chart: (when you want to know when the sounds changed)

Sound Change Files:

Phonological History charts (following the progress of sound changes thru the millennia)

Proto-Drem Lessons Files:

Proto-Drem is a pretty complex language, especially being a conlang, so one must take care of the intricacies that I have put into the language. I have worked on this for 4 years and am pretty proud of what I’ve done with it. Obviously 12 lessons will just be a tiny introduction to the fullness that the language brings, but I shall be working on them soon, so keep an eye out when these lessons are on the site.

Note that since the reference grammar is pretty stable (finally after 4 years), but as I am apt to do, I play with the grammar and make new ‘discoveries’ as I find my grammar suprises me in unexpected ways.. so I will be updating info as I slowly go along.

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