Proto-Prepsic

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Proto-Prepsic is a future descendant of the Prepsocandin dialect of Clofabosin. It is the most recent common ancestor of the Prepsic languages.

todo

Numbers: viwa, ez/er, , sal, lof, of, cif, zol, tiht, vad, gavar, fem, clut, 144: san 1728: iht

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Tense agreement which was present in Clofabosin was largely lost: unlike Clofabosin, Proto-Prepsic has a clear division between "finite" and "non-finite" forms.

Finite forms

Indicative Predicative Desiderative
Past Predicative -:l -nál -frál
Attributive -il -nail -frail
Present Predicative -i -nai -fro
Attributive -dil -nadil -fradil
Future Predicative -ht -naht -fraht
Attributive -hil -nahil -frahil
Subjunctive -mo' -numo' -fraumo'

Non-finite forms

"If" "Only if" "When" "While" Conjunctive Resultative Optative -zaṭa -vahta -halant -sem -ast -sti -me

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