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'''Proto-Dalian''' was a language spoken 5000 years ago, being the common ancestor of the [[Dalic languages]], including [[Andalian]]. | '''Proto-Dalian''' was a language spoken 5000 years ago, being the common ancestor of the [[Dalic languages]], including [[Andalian]]. Proto-Dalian possessed a writing system, but only few written examples of Proto-Dalian are extant, primarily in stone and bronze, with a few examples of speleography (cave writing). In this article, attested forms are unmarked, while reconstructed forms are marked with an asterisk (*). | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
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'''Vowels''': Proto-Dalian has a classic 5 vowel system (a, e, i, o, u) with a length distinction. | '''Vowels''': Proto-Dalian has a classic 5 vowel system (a, e, i, o, u) with a length distinction. | ||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
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!style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|acc}} | !style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|acc}} | ||
|no | |no | ||
|ni | |*ni | ||
|nis | |nis | ||
|- | |- | ||
!style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|dat}} / {{sc|all}} | !style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|dat}} / {{sc|all}} | ||
|do | |do | ||
|di | |*di | ||
|dis | |*dis | ||
|- | |- | ||
!style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|gen}} / {{sc|abl}} | !style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|gen}} / {{sc|abl}} | ||
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!style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|loc}} / {{sc|ptv}} | !style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|loc}} / {{sc|ptv}} | ||
|so | |so | ||
|si | |*si | ||
|sis | |*sis | ||
|- | |- | ||
!style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|ins}} | !style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|ins}} | ||
|ro | |*ro | ||
|ri | |*ri | ||
|ris | |*ris | ||
|} | |} | ||
</div> | </div> | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|nom}} | !style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|nom}} | ||
|sa | |*sa | ||
|san | |*san | ||
|- | |- | ||
!style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|acc}} | !style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|acc}} | ||
|ta | |ta | ||
|tan | |*tan | ||
|- | |- | ||
!style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|dat}} / {{sc|all}} | !style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|dat}} / {{sc|all}} | ||
|ga | |ga | ||
|gan | |*gan | ||
|- | |- | ||
!style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|gen}} / {{sc|abl}} | !style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|gen}} / {{sc|abl}} | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|ins}} | !style="text-align:left;"| {{sc|ins}} | ||
|ra | |*ra | ||
|ran | |ran | ||
|} | |} |
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