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AuxSVO or maybe AuxAVE if ergative | AuxSVO or maybe AuxAVE if ergative | ||
:''Por brits făde clăbüh te tsăgtsog.'' | |||
:PRES-1SG speak about love and hate | |||
:''I speak of love and hate.''' | |||
Revision as of 02:51, 11 January 2018
Modern Windermere is the sole modern descendant of Classical Windermere.
Diachronics
Phonological history
Grammatical history
- Aspect and trigger largely become derivational devices, cf. the development of PIE aspects and Semitic binyanim.
- Grammaticalization of conjugated auxiliaries, leading to a tense system.
Phonology
ə > 0 after aspirated consonants
r > ɹ
Consonants
Vowels
Stress
Stress is almost always final, but can be non-final in function words.
Morphology
Praveen's last idea for Tigal: auxiliary-based
Auxiliaries
| I | thou | he | she | it | we (exc.) | we (inc.) | you (pl.) | they | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present tense | por | poł | pon | pos | pot | pots | pob | pong | pam |
Syntax
AuxSVO or maybe AuxAVE if ergative
- Por brits făde clăbüh te tsăgtsog.
- PRES-1SG speak about love and hate
- I speak of love and hate.'