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| ''šullæj'' || ''šullændɨ'' || '' | | ''šullæj'' || ''šullændɨ'' || ''šullis'' | ||
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!| Genitive | !| Genitive | ||
| ''šullæt'' || ''šullændɨmæk'' || '' | | ''šullæt'' || ''šullændɨmæk'' || ''šullok'' | ||
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Revision as of 08:48, 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
The dative merged with the accusative with inanimate nouns.
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
ATR animates:
ATR inanimates:
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RTR animates:
RTR inanimates:
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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