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* Present tense: 1sg tsoi, 2sg tsw, 3sg tso, 1pl tsol, 2pl tson, 3pl tsor | * Present tense: 1sg tsoi, 2sg tsw, 3sg tso, 1pl tsol, 2pl tson, 3pl tsor | ||
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** Lai chy ... | |||
** Law mi ... | |||
** La bo ... | |||
** Lal lli ... | |||
** Lawn no... | |||
** Lar or... | |||
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Chy lym tadal (1SG who_is father-2SG) 'I am your father' | Chy lym tadal (1SG who_is father-2SG) / Tadal lai chy 'I am your father' | ||
=== Clausal syntax === | === Clausal syntax === |
Latest revision as of 04:51, 13 December 2024
In Verse:Angai, Dylathian (bry lleɂang Dylethyzz /prə 'ɬɛʔaŋ tə'lɛθəz/ CLF language Dylath-ADJ) is a highly conservative Trans-Sarnathian language with a Welsh-like grammar and a loosely Welsh-like aesthetic. Dylathian and its closest relatives are spoken in the Dylathian plateau and the Sarnathian mountain range in the borderlands of Aem-Zmaə, which contains Mt. ___, the highest mountain in Angai. Dylathian and its neighboring relatives are vital for reconstructing the early history of the Trans-Sarnathian branch.
Standard Dylathian is the liturgical language of ___ (a version of Tibetan Buddhism).
Lexicon
chy '1SG'
newlywed '200'
PTS tilakt -> Dylath
ɂalar 'to breathe'
PTS ʔlars 'life' -> ɂalarch "oneself"
PTS sleʔans -> (pry/yni) lleɂang (no sgv) "speech"
PTS tsʼajbʰ 'water' -> Dyl. (lly) tzɂaf (no sgv)
PTS kʷʼē -> (wy/wng) cwɂe (sgv cwɂelch) 'egg'
mam (no sgv) '(specific person's) mother'
tad (no sgv) '(specific person's) father'
tzɂan '0'
new '2'
llywed '100'
mancwɂynyll (sgv. mancwɂynyllu) 'mother(s) in general'
tacwɂynyll (sgv. tacwɂynyllu) 'father(s) in general'
2ankaj -> ɂanggae 'world'
llwyn 'to learn'
belwyng 'to teach'
llwyng (lēns) 'learning' -> 'law'?
c2arch 'mountain'
Phonology
Consonants
- m n ng l r ll rh /m n ŋ l r ɬ r̥/
- b d dz ds g gw /p t ts ts̠ k kʷ/
- p t tz ts c cw /pʰ tʰ tsʰ ts̠ʰ kʰ kʷʰ/
- pɂ tɂ tzɂ tsɂ cɂ cwɂ /pʼ tʼ tsʼ ts̠ʼ kʼ kʷʼ/
- ff th z s ch chw h ɂ /f θ s s̠ x xʷ h ʔ/
- f dd zz w /v ð z w/
- Notes
- All consonants are longer and use more airflow than in English. In fact, so much airflow is used that final stops are released unlike in the language's monosyllabic tonal relatives.
Vowels
i e u y a w o /i ɛ ɨ ə a u ɔ/
Stress
Stress is consistently penultimate.
Grammar
"Colloquial Welsh with classifiers"
Nouns
As in reconstructed Proto-Trans-Sarnathian, most nouns have an unmarked form and a marked form (called the singulative for sake of convenience) that is only used for indefinite singular nouns. Like Welsh plurals, the singulative is unpredictable and is marked with a suffix (such as -u, -ob, -(y)lch), vowel changes, or both.
For the definite article, the appropriate classifier is used, except for inalienably possessed nouns; the number is marked on the classifier.
Mass nouns and certain nouns for blood relatives have no singulative form, e.g. tzɂaf 'water', mam '(specific person's) mother' and tad '(specific person's) father'.
List of classifiers
- sg. dyn, pl. bôl: people
- sg. wy, pl. wng: round objects
- lly: mass nouns
- sg. rhwng, pl. rhyngi: non-blood social relationships
- sg. pry, pl. yni: abstractions
- sg. un, pl. au: generic classifier
Personal inflection of classifiers
Alienable possession
Alienable possession uses possessed classifiers:
rhwng ɂotɂalab rhyngoch (CLF AGT-love CLF-1SG) or rhyngoch ɂotɂalab (CLF-1SG AGT-love) 'my lover'
Inalienable possession
mam-och (or just mam) 'my mother', tad-och (or just tad) 'my father', ...
(No classifier is used for blood relations)
Numerals
There is no isolated word for "one". Counting uses a word cwyz that was formerly "once/an occurrence" (cf. Slavic raz dva tri...). Otherwise, the singulative form of the noun in question is used, when necessary emphasized with ɂâzz 'only'.
TAM auxiliaries
Inflected for person and number (inherited from Proto-Trans-Sarnathian)
- Present tense: 1sg tsoi, 2sg tsw, 3sg tso, 1pl tsol, 2pl tson, 3pl tsor
- Present emphatic / relative?:
- Lai chy ...
- Law mi ...
- La bo ...
- Lal lli ...
- Lawn no...
- Lar or...
Verbs
The word order is "T1 S T2 V O":
- Tso tadoch llos tzɂaf (is_located father-1SG drink.VN water) = My father is drinking water
Tso Mam belwyng rhaw2 'Mom is teaching children'
Tso Mam ew 2odbelwyng (is_at Mom among AGT-teach) 'Mom is a teacher'
Is-a
Tsoi chy'w tacwɂynyll (AUX 1SG among father_in_general) 'I am a father'
Is-the
Chy lym tadal (1SG who_is father-2SG) / Tadal lai chy 'I am your father'