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

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

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Prosody

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Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

amp 'human'
Singular Plural
Nominative amp ampai
Accusative ampin ampain
Genitive ampol ampál
Dative ampoht ampáht
Allative amp ampaiʔ
Ablative ampizant ampaizant

-a (after C), -na (after V)

Verbs

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 -:lil -nálil -frálil
Present Predicative -i -nai -fro
Attributive -dil -nadil -fradil
Future Predicative -ht -naht -fraht
Attributive -hil -nahil -frahil
Subjunctive -moʔ -numoʔ -fraumoʔ

Non-finite forms

"If" "Only if" "When" "While" Conjunctive Resultative Optative
-zaṭa -vahta -llant -sem -hast -sti -me

Syntax

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