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Grammatical changes from Classical Netagin include: | Grammatical changes from Classical Netagin include: | ||
* SAuxVO word order | * SAuxVO word order | ||
* Loss of grammatical gender and | * Loss of grammatical gender and construct state | ||
* Relative clauses are resumptive | * Relative clauses are resumptive | ||
* As a result of Jespersen's cycle, negation uses a negative absolutive marker ''dean'' derived from the Classical connegative determiner ''de''. | * As a result of Jespersen's cycle, negation uses a negative absolutive marker ''dean'' derived from the Classical connegative determiner ''de''. |
Revision as of 00:01, 18 December 2021
Șinach Netagin exists in a state of diglossia with Modern Standard Netagin (MSNtg). It exists in a sprachbund with Shalaian, Modern Windermere, Gwnax and other Bjeheondian languages.
Grammatical changes from Classical Netagin include:
- SAuxVO word order
- Loss of grammatical gender and construct state
- Relative clauses are resumptive
- As a result of Jespersen's cycle, negation uses a negative absolutive marker dean derived from the Classical connegative determiner de.
- SEA style serial verbs
- Emphatic -mik (< miek)
Modern Netagin people usually have Classical Netagin names
Inspiration: "What if Hebrew was revived by Mainland Southeast Asians"
Phonology
Parts of speech
Pronouns
VNtg has only one set of pronouns.
1sg | 2sg | 3sg | 1pl | 2pl | 3pl | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
m. | f. | n. | exclusive | inclusive | ||||
li | dů | naj | nas | nis | ťů | ťiem | nybi | nus |
Syntax
Present tense: subject + ma + verb + object (the verb is usually etymologically a VN)
- Li dean ma qyšnaz, xambe kve ma qalůť.
- 1SG NEG PRES obey, when that PRES bad
- I do not obey others when it's wrong.
CNtg my becomes an oblique case marker, prepositions form from relational nouns
Derivation
Poetry
Folk Netagin "piyyutim" use the same rhyming criteria as Classical Netagin "piyyutim", but they use weight-agnostic meters and are composed in Vernacular Netagin.