Khattish - Revision history

Juhhmi: /* Verb */

2015-07-15T19:14:53Z

Verb

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	*partially conjugated for subject/object person & number (1SG, 1PL)		*partially conjugated for subject/object person & number (1SG, 1PL)
	*rather small set of auxiliary clitics for tense & aspect		*rather small set of auxiliary clitics for tense & aspect
			** developed similarly to Sanskrit participial periphrastic phrases
	**"he cat see-touch" (he is watching a cat), "he dog see-leave" (he saw a dog), "he horse see-meet" (he will see a horse)		**"he cat see-touch" (he is watching a cat), "he dog see-leave" (he saw a dog), "he horse see-meet" (he will see a horse)
	*apophony for negation		*apophony for negation
	*first consonant voicing for subjunctive mood		*first consonant voicing for subjunctive mood
			*stress changes for other moods

	===Adposition===		===Adposition===

Juhhmi: /* Orthography */

2015-07-15T19:09:26Z

Orthography

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	===Orthography===		===Orthography===

	Formal Khattish uses [[w:Featural_alphabet\|featural]] [[w:Abjad\|abjad]] script Cekara shown above with its romanization. Diacritics are marked in educational materials and words out of context, sometimes in place names as well. The diacritics have evolved into elaborate decorations in the Razáfian calligraphy.		Formal Khattish uses [[w:Featural_alphabet\|featural]] [[w:Abjad\|abjad]] script Cekara shown above with its romanization. Diacritics are marked in educational materials and words out of context, sometimes in place names as well. Older systems indicated stress with "strong" diacritic dashes as opposed to dot-like "weak" diacritics. The diacritics have evolved into elaborate decorations in the Razáfian calligraphy.

	There is some controversy of the creator of Khattish script due to a great loss of historical records during the years under Western Tyranny of the sixth era:		There is some controversy of the creator of Khattish script due to a great loss of historical records during the years under Western Tyranny of the sixth era:

Juhhmi: /* Syntax */

2014-10-26T21:45:15Z

Syntax

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	ergative-absolutive alignment, word order SV, AOV, OAV or O<sub>1</sub>AO<sub>2</sub>V (verb-final), head-medial		ergative-absolutive alignment, word order SV, AOV, OAV or O<sub>1</sub>AO<sub>2</sub>V (verb-final), head-medial

			Antipassive construction uses SV(O)


	[[Category:Ideas]]		[[Category:Ideas]]

Juhhmi: /* Syntax */

2014-10-26T21:43:51Z

Syntax

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	==Syntax==		==Syntax==

	ergative-absolutive alignment, word order ~~SOV~~ (verb-final), head-medial		ergative-absolutive alignment, word order SV, AOV, OAV or O<sub>1</sub>AO<sub>2</sub>V (verb-final), head-medial



	[[Category:Ideas]]		[[Category:Ideas]]

Juhhmi: /* Verb */

2014-10-26T21:41:21Z

Verb

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	===Verb===		===Verb===

	*conjugated for number, tense, ~~aspect and mood~~		*partially conjugated for subject/object person & number (1SG, 1PL)
	*apophony		*rather small set of auxiliary clitics for tense & aspect
			**"he cat see-touch" (he is watching a cat), "he dog see-leave" (he saw a dog), "he horse see-meet" (he will see a horse)
			*apophony for negation
	*first consonant voicing for subjunctive mood		*first consonant voicing for subjunctive mood


	===Adposition===		===Adposition===

Juhhmi: /* Orthography */

2014-10-26T21:25:25Z

Orthography

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	There is some controversy of the creator of Khattish script due to a great loss of historical records during the years under Western Tyranny of the sixth era:		There is some controversy of the creator of Khattish script due to a great loss of historical records during the years under Western Tyranny of the sixth era:

	Lightlisteners name shinesharer saint Gunda Tliwirshu as the designer, based on the remaining parts of his chronicles written on the island of Guard already in the third era, around 470. They claim that she had to create a translation of the Book of Light and even a new script "for those living in the darkness; poor natives to whom, alas, our beautiful language (Rinapri) is nothing but ~~dog~~'~~s bark~~".		Lightlisteners name shinesharer saint Gunda Tliwirshu as the designer, based on the remaining parts of his chronicles written on the island of Guard already in the third era, around 470. They claim that she had to create a translation of the Book of Light and even a new script "for those living in the darkness; poor natives to whom, alas, our beautiful language [Rinapri] is nothing but birds' singing".

	Since the language has changed much during these millennia, supporters of the Lafan school believe that the script was coined in 4th era around year 400 by Narrif Tsero, one of the most productive Khat linguists, who used Kher and Northern runic scripts (not used anymore) as the base. The new script managed to spread just in time before the decline of Khat culture and was finally revived after the of the collapse of Western Tyranny in the sixth era more than two thousand years later by Teke Kále. Much later, in the seventh era 290, the founder of New Khat Empire, Sekkute I, used the script as a national romantic example of pure Khattish culture, not contaminated by this Westlang.		Since the language has changed much during these millennia, supporters of the Lafan school believe that the script was coined in 4th era around year 400 by Narrif Tsero, one of the most productive Khat linguists, who used Kher and Northern runic scripts (not used anymore) as the base. The new script managed to spread just in time before the decline of Khat culture and was finally revived after the of the collapse of Western Tyranny in the sixth era more than two thousand years later by Teke Kále. Much later, in the seventh era 290, the founder of New Khat Empire, Sekkute I, used the script as a national romantic example of pure Khattish culture, not contaminated by this Westlang.

Juhhmi: /* Morphology */

2014-08-01T14:18:18Z

Morphology

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	==Morphology==		==Morphology==

	*roots slightly similar to [[w:Semitic_root\|semitic roots]]: voiceless bi- and ~~quadriliterals~~ (while Kher have ~~triliteral~~ roots)		*roots slightly similar to [[w:Semitic_root\|semitic roots]]: voiceless bi- and triliterals (while Kher have only quadriliteral roots)
	**voiceless→voiced & ejective→affricate & voiced→approximant as one derivation process: √p-p → ''b-p'' and ''p-b''		**voiceless→voiced & ejective→affricate & voiced→approximant as one derivation process: √p-p → ''b-p'' and ''p-b''
	**derivation with affixes as well		**derivation with affixes as well

Juhhmi: /* Phonotactics */

2014-07-07T18:41:58Z

Phonotactics

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	===Phonotactics===		===Phonotactics===

	Word-final schwa is not pronounced		Word-final schwa is not pronounced, unless preceded by an approximant

			*Onset
			*Nucleus
			*Coda


	[[File:Cekara.JPG\|500px\|thumb\|right]]		[[File:Cekara.JPG\|500px\|thumb\|right]]

	===Orthography===		===Orthography===

Juhhmi: /* Case */

2014-07-07T18:39:20Z

Case

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	**final ''u'' with AN and ''k'' with IN		**final ''u'' with AN and ''k'' with IN
	*Genitive (GEN): possession ('''his''' head); with most adpositions; adjective-forming		*Genitive (GEN): possession ('''his''' head); with most adpositions; adjective-forming
	**~~final~~ ''l'' ~~with AN and ''j'' with IN~~		**last syllable nuclaus = syllabic ''l''
	*Instrumental-comitative (INS-COM): using something or in company of someone (compare "with"); adjacent location (ADE)		*Instrumental-comitative (INS-COM): using something or in company of someone (compare "with"); adjacent location (ADE)
	**final ''s'' with AN and ''h'' with IN		**final ''s'' with AN and ''h'' with IN


	===Adjective===		===Adjective===

Juhhmi: /* Morphology */

2014-07-05T12:19:44Z

Morphology

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	==Morphology==		==Morphology==

	*roots slightly similar to [[w:Semitic_root\|semitic roots]]: voiceless bi- and ~~triliterals~~ (while Kher have ~~quadriliteral~~ roots)		*roots slightly similar to [[w:Semitic_root\|semitic roots]]: voiceless bi- and quadriliterals (while Kher have triliteral roots)
	**~~voicing~~ & ejective→affricate as one derivation process: √p-p → ''b-p'' and ''p-b''		**voiceless→voiced & ejective→affricate & voiced→approximant as one derivation process: √p-p → ''b-p'' and ''p-b''
	**derivation with affixes as well		**derivation with affixes as well

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	===Noun===		===Noun===

	~~Animate~~ (AN) and inanimate (IN) ~~grammatical genders~~, singular and plural ~~numbers~~		Nouns of Khattish have two grammatical genders, animate (AN) and inanimate (IN), which are characteristic to words and not explicitly shown. Animate class contains all living creatures and their body parts while inanimate

			Nouns have two numbers, singular and plural, and the plural is formed by voicing the consonant of the stressed syllable (second or last).

			====Case====

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	*Dative (DAT): Indirect objects; for the benefit of (BEN)		*Dative (DAT): Indirect objects; for the benefit of (BEN)
	**final ''u'' with AN and ''k'' with IN		**final ''u'' with AN and ''k'' with IN
	*Genitive (GEN): possession ('''his''' head); with most adpositions		*Genitive (GEN): possession ('''his''' head); with most adpositions; adjective-forming
	**final ''l'' with AN and ''j'' with IN		**final ''l'' with AN and ''j'' with IN
	*Instrumental-comitative (INS-COM): using something or in company of someone (compare "with"); adjacent location (ADE)		*Instrumental-comitative (INS-COM): using something or in company of someone (compare "with"); adjacent location (ADE)
	**final ''s'' with AN and ''h'' with IN		**final ''s'' with AN and ''h'' with IN


	===Adjective===		===Adjective===

			*noun GEN where the last internal ''e'' becomes ''a''
			*agree with gender: ''na''-suffix with animate nouns
			*only agrees with ergative case: ''-áa'' for AN and ''-é'' for IN


	===Verb===		===Verb===

			*conjugated for number, tense, aspect and mood
			*apophony
			*first consonant voicing for subjunctive mood


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	Suffixes:		Suffixes:
	*''-enú'' origin, characteristic		*''-enú'' origin, characteristic


	===Numeral===		===Numeral===

	decimal base		decimal base


	==Syntax==		==Syntax==