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==Grammar==
==Grammar==
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Cases with a lot of syncretism
TT-Anglic had a highly eroded case system. The notation (i) denotes "i-umlaut" or a j-offglide on the nucleus.


*dir. -0, -(i)
*dir. -0, -(i)

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Azalic/Lexicon

Time Traveler Anglic is an imagined Indo-European branch, intended as part of an alternate possible diachronics of the English language.

Family tree

Phonology

Inspirations: Vietnamese, Armenian

m n bʰ dʰ gʰ gʷʰ p t k kʷ pʰ tʰ kʰ kʷʰ s x z l r j w

Vowels: e i o u ə ā ē ī ō ū ai au əi əɨ əu iəu iə uə

Reflexes:

  • oi > uə
  • iH > i:
  • ei > əi, sometimes iə
  • ē > a:
  • e, i > e, i, e:
  • uH > u:
  • u > u (needs umlaut)
  • ou > əɨ
  • eu > əɨ (iəu in some words)
  • o > o (needs umlaut)
  • oH, eh2, eh3 > əu

h1oinos, dwoh1, treyes, kwetwores, penkwe, sweks, septm, oktōw, h₁néwn̥, deḱm -> xuən, təu, tʰriə~tʰre:, pʰoþur, phi:xw, seks, sefn, oxʰtəu, nəɨn, texn~te:n

Grammar

Nouns

TT-Anglic had a highly eroded case system. The notation (i) denotes "i-umlaut" or a j-offglide on the nucleus.

  • dir. -0, -(i)
  • voc. -(i), -(i)
  • obl. -(i)/-V/-s, -su/-b
  • gen. -s, -(i)s
  • lat. -ther, (no pl)

Adjectives

Adjectives were uninflected, because they were split off from adjective-noun compounds.

Verbs

the pronouns are the usual English ones plus *swe

when the subject is nominal singular, "he", "she" or "it", the "swe" is required for verbal agreement

the 2sg and 3sg distal pronouns are number neutral so they don't need *swe

  • Imperfective (the source of the English nonpast): e-grade or otherwise the unmarked form of the verb
  • Perfective (the source of the English past): o-grade or -d from -tós
  • Aorist: sigmatic aorist
  • Future: sigmatic future
  • Active participle: -ent
  • Passive participle: zero-grade with -n from -nós, or -d from -tós