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+title: Lizard languages
+hidetoc: true
+...
+
+A family of languages spoken by lizard people.
+
+- [Palaeo-lizard](palaeo/) (2000ya?)

lizards/palaeo/index.md

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+---
+title: Palæo-lizard
+...
+
+"Palæo-lizard" is a placeholder name, obviously.
+
+
+# Phonology
+
+## Inventory
+
+|           |     Dental    |    Postalv.   |   Palatal  |    Velar   |    Uvular   | Glottal |
+|----------:|:-------------:|:-------------:|:----------:|:----------:|:-----------:|:-------:|
+|   Plosive |   #(d tʰ tʼ)  |               | #(ɟ cʰ cʼ) | #(ɡ kʰ kʼ) |   #(qʰ qʼ)  |   #(ʔ)  |
+| Affricate | #(dz tsʰ tsʼ) | #(dʒ tʃʰ tʃʼ) |            |            |             |         |
+| Fricative |   #(ð z θ s)  |     #(ʒ ʃ)    |   #(ʝ ç)   |   #(ɣ x)   |     #(χ)    |   #(h)  |
+|     Nasal |      #(n)     |               |    #(ɲ)    |            |     #(ɴ)    |         |
+|   Lateral |      #(l)     |               |    #(ʎ)    |    #(ʟ)    |             |         |
+|      Flap |      #(ɾ)     |               |            |            |             |         |
+|     Trill |  #(r rː rːː)  |               |            |            | #(ʀ ʀː ʀːː) |         |
+
+|          | Front | Back |
+|---------:|:-----:|:----:|
+|     High |  #(i) | #(ɯ) |
+|      Mid |  #(e) | #(ɤ) |
+|      Low |  #(a) | #(ɑ) |
+
+Some syllables are marked with a high tone, indicated with an acute accent (e.g. «á»).
+
+## Syllable structure
+
+```ebnf
+word = {syll}+.
+syll = onset, vowel, [coda].
+
+onset = consonant
+```
+
+## Allophony
+
+- Obstruents are voiced in between voiced sounds.
+- Front vowels become central after linguolabial, alveolar, and uvular consonants.
+- Back vowels become central after dental and palatal consonants.
+
+
+<!--
+- phrase boundaries marked by tone in some way
+- 3-way length distinction?
+- stress counting from the beginning of the word
+- a weird number base system (mixed base 8/4/...?)
+- grammatical metathesis?
+
+- ergative, also in word order (XVS / AXVP)
+-->

lizards/palaeo/index.md_

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+---
+title: Palæo-lizard
+...
+
+"Palæo-lizard" is a placeholder name, obviously.
+
+
+# Phonology
+
+## Inventory
+
+|             | Linguolabial | Dental | Alveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal |
+|------------:|:------------:|:------:|:--------:|:---------:|:-------:|:-----:|:------:|:-------:|
+|     Plosive |     #(t̼)     |  #(t̪)  |   #(t)   |    #(ʈ)   |   #(c)  |  #(k) |  #(q)  |   #(ʔ)  |
+|       Nasal |     #(n̼)     |  #(n̪)  |   #(n)   |    #(ɳ)   |   #(ɲ)  |       |  #(ɴ)  |         |
+|     Lateral |     #(l̼)     |  #(l̪)  |   #(l)   |    #(ɭ)   |         |  #(ʟ) |        |         |
+|        Flap |     #(ɾ̼)     |  #(ɾ̪)  |   #(ɾ)   |    #(ɽ)   |         |       |        |         |
+|       Trill |              |        |   #(r)   |   #(ɽː)   |         |       |  #(ʀ)  |         |
+
+|          | Front | Back |
+|---------:|:-----:|:----:|
+|     High |  #(i) | #(ɯ) |
+|      Mid |  #(e) | #(ɤ) |
+|      Low |  #(a) | #(ɑ) |
+
+Some syllables are marked with a high tone, indicated with an acute accent (#(́á)).
+
+## Syllable structure
+
+Syllable structure is CV(C), with the only restriction that #/h/ can't be in a consonant coda.
+
+## Allophony
+
+- Obstruents are voiced in between voiced sounds.
+- Front vowels become central after retroflex, velar, and uvular consonants.
+- Back vowels become central after linguolabial, dental, and palatal consonants.
+
+# Pronouns
+
+First person (singular) is #/n̪es/. Second person (any number) is #/qɑʀ/. Back references (below) are used instead of third person pronouns.
+
+# Back references
+
+CHANGE THESE
+
+The form of adjacent back references alternate between vowel and consonant forms to form a short word. A single one on its own attaches to a dummy #/h/ in its vowel form.
+
+Subscripts in glosses indicate what a given occurrence of a back reference points to.
+
+|         | Vowel | Consonant |
+|--------:|:-----:|:---------:|
+| #!REF1! |  #(ɯ) |    #(ɰ)   |
+| #!REF2! |  #(i) |    #(j)   |
+| #!REF3! |  #(ᴇ) |    #(r̪)   |
+| #!REF4! |  #(ɑ) |    #(q)   |
+| #!REF5! |  #(a) |    #(t̼)   |
+| #!REF6! |  #(ɤ) |    #(n)   |
+
+# Examples
+
+```gloss
+n̪ɛs cir jɯ ʔis ɾi jɯ t̼a
+[n̪ɛs@a cir@b j@a-ɯ@b ʔis]@c ɾi@d j@c-ɯ@d t̼a
+[1SG@a house@b REF2@a-REF1@b go_to]@c quick@d REF2@c-REF1@d do
+I go to the house quickly
+```
+
+
+# Word list
+
+- \#/cir/: house
+- \#/ɾi/: quick
+- \#/t̼a/: do
+- \#/ʔis/: go to
+- \#/ʔɑs/: go into