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!| Genitive | !| Genitive | ||
| ''rʊsat'' || ''rʊsandəmak'' || ''rʊsɔk'' | | ''rʊsat'' || ''rʊsandəmak'' || ''rʊsɔk'' | ||
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|+ ''šullæ'' 'horse' | |||
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!| Nominative | |||
| ''šullæ'' || ''šullændɨ'' || ''šullon'' | |||
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!| Accusative | |||
| ''šullæj'' || ''šullændɨ'' || ''šullik'' | |||
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!| Genitive | |||
| ''šullæt'' || ''šullændɨmæk'' || ''šullok'' | |||
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Revision as of 08:34, 15 May 2020
The Netagic languages are a subbranch of the Idavic family that includes Netagin. They are inspired by Uralic.
PId final *-a, *-i, *-u > PNtg *-æ/a, *-ɨ/ə, *-ɨ/ə -> Pre-Netagin *-ē, *-ë, *-ë > Old Netagin -i, -a, -a
Phonology
- Consonants: b d λ ǯ ʒ́ g p t ξ č ć k q s σ š ś m n ŋ l r w j
- Vowels: i/ɪ, e/ɛ, æ/a, ɨ/ə, o/ɔ, u/ʊ (i a u ī ā ū -> e a u i o ɨ; modal/stød -> ATR/RTR like glottalization > uvularization in arabic)
- PNtg: ɪ ɛ æ a ɔ ʊ > ONtg iə eə eə a oə uə
- ATR/RTR harmony
- Initial stress modulo prefixes
Morphology
Pronouns
Nouns
Netagic retains cases and the dual, but the abstract gender merges into the inanimate gender.
Cases
Netagic merged the dative with the genitive.
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
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Nominative | rʊsa | rʊsandə | rʊsɔn |
Accusative | rʊsaj | rʊsandə | rʊsɪk |
Genitive | rʊsat | rʊsandəmak | rʊsɔk |
Singular | Dual | Plural | |
---|---|---|---|
Nominative | šullæ | šullændɨ | šullon |
Accusative | šullæj | šullændɨ | šullik |
Genitive | šullæt | šullændɨmæk | šullok |
Pronominal suffixes
Adjectives
Paradigms
Weak paradigm: (animate/inanimate; sg, du, pl)
- nom: ŋidæ/ŋidɨ, ŋidændæ/ŋidɨndæ, ŋidonɨ/ŋido
- gen: ŋide/ŋidæk, (nom du)=gid ŋidi/ŋidok
Strong paradigm (rare):
Verbs
Paradigms
Tenses: present, past, future, imperative, conditional, potential
Auxiliaries become new tense suffixes via SOV syntax in subordinate clauses
weak-unprefixed | weak-prefixed | strong-unprefixed | strong-prefixed | |
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imperative | kadī́r! | kadī́r dal! | ʔakʷ! | ʔakʷ nuš! |
imperfect | kadī́rik | dal·kadī́r | ʔákʷik | nuš·ʔákʷ |
active participle | kadī́riškʷ- | dal·kadī́riškʷ- | ʔákʷiškʷ- | nuš·ʔákʷiškʷ- |
passive participle | ʔa·kadirī́n- | dálʔa·kadirī́n- | ʔa·ʔúkʷč- | núšʔa·ʔúkʷč- |
infinitive | kadī́rti | dálkadirti | ʔā́kʷi~ʔãkʷi~ʔā̃kʷi~ʔíkʷi | núšʔakʷi, núšʔəkʷi, etc. |
zu-infinitive | mi·kadī́rti | dálmikadirti | mi·ʔā́kʷi~mi·ʔãkʷi~mi·ʔā̃kʷi | núšmiʔakʷi, núšʔəkʷi, etc. |
zu-participle | mi·kadī́riškʷ- | dálmikadiriškʷ- | mi·ʔákʷiškʷ- | núšmiʔakʷiškʷ- |
Prepositions
Derivation
Syntax
SOV with prepositions