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'''Hyper-tonal Hellenic''' (Placeholder name: /hɪvəɹθonì glɑ̂θ/) is a tonal descendant of Ancient Greek spoken in Lõis's India, inspired by Khmer, Hebrew and English. It has final stress and 3 tones. | '''Hyper-tonal Hellenic''' (Placeholder name: /hɪvəɹθonì glɑ̂θ/) is a tonal descendant of Ancient Greek spoken in Lõis's India, inspired by Khmer, Hebrew and English. It has final stress and 3 tones. | ||
Numbers: hɛ́n, tŷ, θrê, θɪsə́ɹ, fɛ́nt, hɛ́s, hɛ̀ft, oxtɑ́, ɪnêɪ, tɛ̂/ | |||
==Diachronics== | ==Diachronics== | ||
When should stress shift occur? Only certain endings should drop: (-ος, -α, -ον should drop) | When should stress shift occur? Only certain endings should drop: (-ος, -α, -ον should drop) | ||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
/ɐ ɛ o ɪ ə ɑ æ e i u y iə uə | /ɐ ɛ o ɪ ə ɑ æ e i u y iə uə aɪ eɪ aʊ oʊ əɹ æɹ ɒɹ eɹ iɹ yɹ ʊɹ/ | ||
Only /ə əɹ o ɪ/ may occur in unstressed syllables. | Only /ə əɹ o ɪ/ may occur in unstressed syllables. |
Revision as of 23:07, 26 January 2019
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Pronunciation | [/hɪvəɹθonì glɑ̂θ/] |
Created by | IlL |
Setting | Lõis |
Native speakers | 90 million (2015) |
Indo-European
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Hyper-tonal Hellenic (Placeholder name: /hɪvəɹθonì glɑ̂θ/) is a tonal descendant of Ancient Greek spoken in Lõis's India, inspired by Khmer, Hebrew and English. It has final stress and 3 tones.
Numbers: hɛ́n, tŷ, θrê, θɪsə́ɹ, fɛ́nt, hɛ́s, hɛ̀ft, oxtɑ́, ɪnêɪ, tɛ̂/
Diachronics
When should stress shift occur? Only certain endings should drop: (-ος, -α, -ον should drop)
pterón > ftèɹ 'wing'
xērós > sʰæ̀ɹ 'dry'
théma > tém 'thing'; pl. thémata > témàð > tɪmâð 'things'
Phonology
Consonants
/p b pʰ f t d tʰ k g kʰ m n l ɹ s sʰ z/
Vowels
/ɐ ɛ o ɪ ə ɑ æ e i u y iə uə aɪ eɪ aʊ oʊ əɹ æɹ ɒɹ eɹ iɹ yɹ ʊɹ/
Only /ə əɹ o ɪ/ may occur in unstressed syllables.
Tones
Hyper-tonal Hellenic has 3 tones: high, low and falling.
Morphology
Nouns
Declension
Cases: Nominative and oblique; gender marked by mutations
NOM: ἄνθρωπος > əntɹɑ̂v; ἄνθρωποι > əntɹovì
OBL: ἀνθρώπου > əntɹovû; ἀνθρώπων > əntɹovɑ̂n
Adjectives
Verbs
Verbs are inflected for person but are not pro-drop.