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Hyper-tonal Hellenic has 3 tones: high, low and falling. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== |
Revision as of 19:16, 26 January 2019
Hyper-tonal Hellenic is a tonal descendant of Ancient Greek spoken in Lõis's India. It has final stress and 4 tones.
Diachronics
When should stress shift occur? Only certain endings should drop: (-ος, -α, -ον should drop)
pterón > ftɛ̀ː 'wing'
xērós > sʰæ̀ː 'dry'
théma > tʰém 'thing'; pl. thémata > tʰémàt > tʰɪmât 'things'
Phonology
Vowels
/a e o ɪ ə ɑː æː eː iː uː yː iə uə ai ei au ou/
Tones
Hyper-tonal Hellenic has 3 tones: high, low and falling.
Morphology
Nouns
Declension
Cases: Nominative and oblique; no gender
NOM: ἄνθρωπος > əntʰrôːp; ἄνθρωποι > əntʰropì
OBL: ἀνθρώπου > əntʰropû; ἀνθρώπων > əntʰropɑ̂n