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Initial consonant clusters get an epenthetic vowel e-
== Nouns ==
== Nouns ==
Genitive case: *-mī (sg), *-mīś (pl)
Genitive~accusative case: from *=mī (sg), *=miś (pl)


* lē̃ti > zä­ät·i 'man'
* ''*lē̃ti'' > PEod ''*dä­ät·ə'' 'man'
** t > t· due to strong gradation environment
** t > t· due to strong gradation environment
** ē̃ > ää (creaky voice becomes RTR)
** ē̃ > ää (creaky voice becomes RTR)
** chain shift d- > l- > z-
** chain shift l- > d- > z-
** r- → Ø
** r- → Ø
** ľ- → r-
** ľ- → r-
lē̃ti.mī 'the man, his' > lē̃timi (final longs shorten) -> PEod däätəmə (?) -> OEod dä­ädmë
lē̃tāmiś 'the men, their' > PEod däät·uoms > OEod dä­ättuus
* ďābeḱi -> ruob.əjə > PEod ruob.ē
* 2isteleķi -> PEod ios.tələk


if a lot of words shaped like tVCC- or wVCC- become homophones then that might be dealt with through compounding and univerbation
if a lot of words shaped like tVCC- or wVCC- become homophones then that might be dealt with through compounding and univerbation
Todo: Get cases
== Pronouns ==
== Pronouns ==
Rank pronouns?
Rank pronouns to knock out person markers from the verb
 
== Verbs ==
== Verbs ==
== Syntax ==
Fairly topic prominent

Latest revision as of 00:31, 6 August 2022

Nouns

Genitive~accusative case: from *=mī (sg), *=miś (pl)

  • *lē̃ti > PEod *dä­ät·ə 'man'
    • t > t· due to strong gradation environment
    • ē̃ > ää (creaky voice becomes RTR)
    • chain shift l- > d- > z-
    • r- → Ø
    • ľ- → r-

lē̃ti.mī 'the man, his' > lē̃timi (final longs shorten) -> PEod däätəmə (?) -> OEod dä­ädmë

lē̃tāmiś 'the men, their' > PEod däät·uoms > OEod dä­ättuus

  • ďābeḱi -> ruob.əjə > PEod ruob.ē
  • 2isteleķi -> PEod ios.tələk

if a lot of words shaped like tVCC- or wVCC- become homophones then that might be dealt with through compounding and univerbation

Todo: Get cases

Pronouns

Rank pronouns to knock out person markers from the verb

Verbs

Syntax

Fairly topic prominent