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Praveen's last idea for Tigal: auxiliary-based | Praveen's last idea for Tigal: auxiliary-based | ||
===Auxiliaries=== | ===Auxiliaries=== | ||
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!I!!thou!!he!!she!!it!!we (exc.)!!we (inc.)!!you (pl.)!!they | |||
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!|present tense | |||
|''por''||''poł''||''pon''||''pos''||''pot''||''pots''||''pob''||''pong''||''pam'' | |||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
AuxSVO or maybe AuxAVE if ergative | AuxSVO or maybe AuxAVE if ergative |
Revision as of 02:47, 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 | |
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present tense | por | poł | pon | pos | pot | pots | pob | pong | pam |
Syntax
AuxSVO or maybe AuxAVE if ergative