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Late Old Thean
Late Old Thean
* The Code of ___
* The Code of ___
== Morphology ==
=== The Early Old Thean auxiliary ===
== Syntax ==
== Syntax ==
The Proto-Trans-Sarnathian word order was T1 S T2 V O. In Old Thean, T2 becomes cliticized or lost. In Early Old Thean, T1 is the only word that inflects in a sentence.
The Proto-Trans-Sarnathian word order was T1 S T2 V O. In Old Thean, T2 becomes cliticized or lost. In Early Old Thean, T1 is the only word that inflects in a sentence.

Revision as of 04:14, 13 December 2024

Textual witnesses

Early Old Thean

  • An epic poem, The Tale of the ___

Late Old Thean

  • The Code of ___

Morphology

The Early Old Thean auxiliary

Syntax

The Proto-Trans-Sarnathian word order was T1 S T2 V O. In Old Thean, T2 becomes cliticized or lost. In Early Old Thean, T1 is the only word that inflects in a sentence.

In later OTh, T1 becomes an invariable tense or discourse particle

A T1 particle of some sort might be mandatory in Classical Thean but not in Modern Thean