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== Textual witnesses ==
== Textual witnesses ==
Early Old Thean (perceived as a poetic register during the Late OTh period)
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)
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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 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 1st person present independent. (Cf. Welsh zero for 2sg present)
The auxiliary had a zero form for the 2nd person present independent. (Cf. Welsh zero for 2sg present)


=== In logograms ===
=== In logograms ===

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