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== Textual witnesses ==
== Textual witnesses ==
Early Old Thean
Early Old Thean (perceived as a poetic register during the Late OTh period)
* An epic poem, The Tale of the Alchemist, committed to writing during the Late Old Thean period
* A rhyming prose tale, The Tale of the Alchemist, committed to writing during the Late Old Thean period
Late Old Thean
Late Old Thean
* The Code of Lady Na¹³-Khai¹¹ (<- Tentative ModThean reading)
* The Code of Lady Na¹³-Khai¹¹ (<- Tentative ModThean reading)


== Morphology ==
== Phonology ==
 
== The Early Old Thean auxiliary ==
== The Early Old Thean auxiliary ==
=== Word of God ===
=== Word of God ===
The Early Old Thean clause-initial auxiliary was inflected for subject agreement, tense, mood, and independent vs. dependent clauses. In subordinate clauses, the auxiliary often cliticized to the subordinating conjunction used.
The auxiliary had a zero form for the 2nd person present independent. (Cf. Welsh zero for 2sg present)
=== In logograms ===
=== In-universe reconstruction ===
=== In-universe reconstruction ===


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

Latest revision as of 05:00, 13 December 2024

Textual witnesses

Early Old Thean (perceived as a poetic register during the Late OTh period)

  • A rhyming prose tale, The Tale of the Alchemist, committed to writing during the Late Old Thean period

Late Old Thean

  • The Code of Lady Na¹³-Khai¹¹ (<- Tentative ModThean reading)

Phonology

The Early Old Thean auxiliary

Word of God

The Early Old Thean clause-initial auxiliary was inflected for subject agreement, tense, mood, and independent vs. dependent clauses. In subordinate clauses, the auxiliary often cliticized to the subordinating conjunction used.

The auxiliary had a zero form for the 2nd person present independent. (Cf. Welsh zero for 2sg present)

In logograms

In-universe reconstruction

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