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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
=== Consonants === | |||
Proto-Idavic had about 27 consonants and had a distinction between front and back coronals and front and back velars. It is thought to have had no labials except /m/; labials were gained in later languages but in different ways. | Proto-Idavic had about 27 consonants and had a distinction between front and back coronals and front and back velars. It is thought to have had no labials except /m/; labials were gained in later languages but in different ways. | ||
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=== Vowels === | |||
Proto-Idavic had a vowel system similar to that of Proto-Balto-Slavic. | |||
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| '''ā''' /a:/ | | '''ā''' /a:/ | ||
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Diphthongs: ay aw ey ew~jaw | |||
===Suprasegmentals === | |||
*Pitch accent: modal ('''á'''), creaky ('''ã''') | *Pitch accent: modal ('''á'''), creaky ('''ã''') | ||
** Creaky voice is the source of glottal reinforcement in Shalaian and | ** Creaky voice is the source of glottal reinforcement in Shalaian and gemination in Netagin. | ||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Revision as of 20:09, 13 January 2022
| Idavic | |
|---|---|
| Created by | – |
| Geographic distribution | Etalocin, eastern Txapoalli, Bjeheond |
| Linguistic classification | One of Tricin's primary language families |
| Proto-language | Proto-Idavic (PId) |
Idavic or Idavo-Etalocian is a Trician language family which includes Dodellic. The urheimat is central-western Etalocin.
Inspiration: Afro-Asiatic, IE
How does this become Netagin tricons?
Family tree
- Idavic
- Netagic (the only tricons branch)
- Netagin (Optimized for piyyutim)
- Nabŋaic
- Sésjallese (Hiberno-Arabic)
- Ouřefr (Czech + Dutch)
- Pategic
- Netagic (the only tricons branch)
Phonology
Consonants
Proto-Idavic had about 27 consonants and had a distinction between front and back coronals and front and back velars. It is thought to have had no labials except /m/; labials were gained in later languages but in different ways.
| Labial | Front coronal | Back coronal | Front velar | Back velar | Labiovelar | Glottal | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n̪~n̠/ | ŋ /ɲ~ŋ/ | |||||
| Plosive | voiceless | t /t̪/ | ť /t̠/ | ḱ /k̟/ | k /k̠/ | kʷ /kʷ/ | q /ʔ/ | |
| voiced | d /d̪/ | ď /d̠/ | ǵ /g̟/ | g /g̠/ | gʷ /gʷ/ | |||
| Fricative | s /s̟/ | š /s̠/ | x́ /x̟/ | x /x̠/ | xʷ /xʷ/ | h /h/ | ||
| Affricate | c /t̪s̟/ | č /t̠s̠/ | ||||||
| Resonant | l /l̪/ | ľ /ɺ/ | y /j/ | r /ʀ/ | w /w/ | |||
Vowels
Proto-Idavic had a vowel system similar to that of Proto-Balto-Slavic.
| Front | Back | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| short | long | short | long | |
| Close | i /ɪ/ | ī /i:/ | u /ʊ/ | ū /u:/ |
| Open | e /æ/ | ē /æ:/ | a /a/ | ā /a:/ |
Diphthongs: ay aw ey ew~jaw
Suprasegmentals
- Pitch accent: modal (á), creaky (ã)
- Creaky voice is the source of glottal reinforcement in Shalaian and gemination in Netagin.
Morphology
Triconsonantal but only Netagin preserves this
Syntax
Lifted from German: V2, SAuxOV, verb final in subordinate clauses
Todo: separable prefixes