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Sošoví
lesán sošovíć
Created byIlL
Native speakers393,000 (2013)
Afro-Asiatic

Assumptions:

  • Final short vowels are weakened at around the same time as Proto-Slavic reduces final short vowels to jers.
  • Palatalization does *not* follow Slavic, except in affixes and function words

Diachronics

Proto-North Semitic Proto-Sošoví
i ь
u ъ
a o
ī i
ū y u
aj > ē ě
aw u
ā a

Havlík's law: strong *ъ > *o, strong *ь > *e, weak jers don't do anything

Nouns

Masculine noun: moloč 'king'
Case Singular Dual Plural
nom./voc. moloč molča molču
genitive molčo molčě molči
dative molčlu molčěluma molčilúm
accusative molčo molča molču
ins./loc. molčbi molčěbima molčibím


Masculine noun: júm 'day'
Case Singular Dual Plural
nom./voc. júm júma júmu
genitive júmo júmě júmi
dative júmlu júměluma júmilúm
accusative júm júma júmu
ins./loc. júmbi júměbima júmibím


Feminine noun: molča 'queen'
Case Singular Dual Plural
nom./voc. molča molčota molčáć
genitive molčoto molčoćě molčaći
dative molčotla molčoćěluma molčaćilín
accusative molčoto molčota molčáć
ins./loc. molčotbě molčoćěbima molčaćibín


Feminine noun: sura 'performance; ritual'
Case Singular Dual Plural
nom./voc. sura surota suráć
genitive suroto suroćě suraći
dative surotla suroćěluma suraćilín
accusative sura surota suráć
ins./loc. surotbě suroćěbima suraćibín

Adjectives

Adjective declension: tabí 'good'
Singular Dual Plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine masculine feminine

Pronouns

Personal pronouns
Case First person
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative na nan
Genitive meni menna
Dative li lona
Accusative nani, ni nanna
Ins./Loc. bi bna


Personal pronouns, cont.
Case Second person Third person
Singular Dual Plural Singular Dual Plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine masculine feminine masculine feminine
Nominative ąt ąć ątma ątmu ątna homa homu hen
Genitive męk męč mękma mękmu męčna men mená menoma menomu menen
Dative lók lóč lókma lókmu lóčna lu luma lumu lín
Accusative ątok, tok ąćeč, ćeč ątokma, tokma ątokmu, tokmu ąćečna, ćečna henu hená henoma henomu henen
Ins./Loc. bík bíč bekma bekmu bečna bíma bímu bín

Verbs

The lemma form of verbs is the aorist 3rd person masculine.

Binyan A: kotol

Regular (strong) paradigm

Active
kotol 'he killed'
Infinitive/Verbal noun
kotlíć
Present
Singular Dual Plural
1 oktol nektol
2.m toktol ćektla ćektlu
2.f toktli ćektolon
3.m joktol jektla jektlu
3.f joktli jektolon
Imperfect
Singular Dual Plural
1 póktol ponektol
2.m potoktol poćektla poćektlu
2.f potoktli poćektolon
3.m pojoktol pojektla pojektlu
3.f pojoktli pojektolon
Aorist
Singular Dual Plural
1 kotlok kotolna
2.m kotlot kotoltma kotoltmu
2.f kotleć kotoltna
3.m kotol kotla kotlu
3.f kotla kotlon
Future I
Singular Dual Plural
1 rši oktol rši nektol
2.m rši toktol rši ćektla rši ćektlu
2.f rši toktli rši ćektolon
3.m rši joktol rši jektla rši jektlu
3.f rši joktlím rši jektolon
Future II
Singular Dual Plural
1 očún katel/katla nečún katla/katlu/katláć
2.m točún katel ćečuna katla ćečunu katlu
2.f točuni katla ćečunon katláć
3.m jočún katel ječuna katla ječunu katlu
3.f jočuni katla ječunon katláć
Pluperfect
Singular Dual Plural
1 čąk katel/katla čanna katla/katlu/katláć
2.m čąt katel čątma katla čątmu katlu
2.f čąć katla čątna katláć
3.m čán katel čana katla čanu katlu
3.f čána katla čanon katláć