Modern Windermere

Modern Windermere is the sole modern descendant of Classical Windermere.

Diachronics

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

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
present tense	por	poł	pon	pos	pot	pots	pob	pong	pam

Syntax

AuxSVO or maybe AuxAVE if ergative