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== Textual witnesses == | |||
Early Old Thean | |||
* An epic poem, The Tale of the ___ | |||
Late Old Thean | |||
* The Code of ___ | |||
== 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 | In later OTh, T1 becomes an invariable tense or discourse particle | ||
A T1 particle of some sort might be mandatory in Classical Thean but not in Modern Thean | A T1 particle of some sort might be mandatory in Classical Thean but not in Modern Thean | ||
Revision as of 04:13, 13 December 2024
Textual witnesses
Early Old Thean
- An epic poem, The Tale of the ___
Late Old Thean
- The Code of ___
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
A T1 particle of some sort might be mandatory in Classical Thean but not in Modern Thean