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** ľ- → r-
** ľ- → r-


lē̃ti=mī > lē̃timi (final longs shorten) -> dä­ät·əmə
lē̃timī > lē̃timi (final longs shorten) -> dä­ät·əmə


lē̃tā=miś > dä­ät·uoms > dä­ät·uus
lē̃tāmiś > dä­ät·uoms > dä­ät·uus





Revision as of 02:44, 22 July 2022

Nouns

Genitive case: from *=mī (sg), *=miś (pl)

  • lē̃ti > dä­ät·ə 'man'
    • t > t· due to strong gradation environment
    • ē̃ > ää (creaky voice becomes RTR)
    • chain shift l- > d- > z-
    • r- → Ø
    • ľ- → r-

lē̃timī > lē̃timi (final longs shorten) -> dä­ät·əmə

lē̃tāmiś > dä­ät·uoms > dä­ät·uus


if a lot of words shaped like tVCC- or wVCC- become homophones then that might be dealt with through compounding and univerbation

Todo: Get cases

Pronouns

Rank pronouns to knock out person markers from the verb

Verbs

Syntax

Fairly topic prominent