Eadlan/Older draft/Netagic

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

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:

šullæ 'horse'

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	šullæ	šullændɨ	šullon
Accusative	šullæj	šullændɨ	šullis
Genitive	šullæt	šullændɨmæk	šullok

ATR inanimates:

šærmɨ 'stone'

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	šærmɨ	šærmɨndɨ	šærmot
Accusative	šærmɨn	šærmɨndɨ	šærmis
Genitive	šærmɨt	šærmɨndɨmæk	šærmok

RTR animates:

rʊsa 'dog'

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rʊsa	rʊsandə	rʊsɔn
Accusative	rʊsaj	rʊsandə	rʊsɪs
Genitive	rʊsat	rʊsandəmak	rʊsɔk

RTR inanimates:

ɛpŋə 'tree'

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ɛpŋə	ɛpŋəndə	ɛpŋɔt
Accusative	ɛpŋən	ɛpŋəndə	ɛpŋɪs
Genitive	ɛpŋət	ɛpŋəndəmak	ɛpŋɔk

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, recent past, remote past, future, imperative, conditional, potential

Conjugation of æk 'give'

Tense	1st sg.	2nd sg.	3rd sg.	1st du.	2nd du.	3rd du.	1st pl.	2nd pl.	3rd pl.
imperative	-	ækɨ	-	ækɨkæp	ækɨmæp	-	ækɨkæ	ækɨnæ	-
present	ækɨlli	ækɨddi	ækɨk	ækɨkkæpi	ækɨnnæpi	ækɨbi	ækɨkkæ	ækɨnnæ	ækɨš
recent past
remote past
future
conditional
potential

Syntax

SOV with prepositions