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'''Camalic''' is a small language family spoken in Irta's Northern Africa and Southern Europe. Its urheimat is in Irta Tunisia.
'''Camalic''' is a small language family created by [[Verse:Schngellstein]].


==Phylogeny==
==Phylogeny==
*Central Camalic
*Central Camalic
**[[Padmanábha]]
** [[Verse:Schngellstein/Bhadhagha/Old|Old Bhadhagha]] (literally read Irish minus mh and with Sanskrit gibby loans, fh and sh all over the place)
*Peripheral Camalic
***[[Verse:Schngellstein/Padmanábha|Padmanábha]] (Dano-Khmer)
**[[Camalanàbha]]
***Modern [[Verse:Schngellstein/Bhadhagha|Bhadhagha]] (Gussnish gib)
* Peripheral Camalic
**[[Verse:Schngellstein/Camalanàbha|Camalanàbha]] (Sanskrit gib)
*** Skézaric (placeholder name)


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
Proto-Camalic had the following phonemes:  
Proto-Camalic had the following phonemes:  


*a i u ā ī ū ai au ia ua
*e o i u ē ō ī ū ai au ia ua
*p b t d ts k g m n ŋ s θ~ʂ z ð~ʐ ɬ l r w y h  
*p b t d ts k g m n ŋ s θ~ʂ z ð~ʐ ɬ l r w y h H
** H is just there for the Sanskrit gibbiness in Camalanàbha: t tH d dH > t th d(breathy) d(creaky) > t th dh d
*contrastive stød
*contrastive stød


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===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Proto-Camalic had three grammatical genders:
Proto-Camalic had three grammatical genders:
*animate
*animate
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The caland gender was made up of nouns that resulted from nominalized participles and adjectives and consisted of both animate nouns (e.g. names of professions) and inanimate nouns. Abstract nouns were usually caland.
The caland gender was made up of nouns that resulted from nominalized participles and adjectives and consisted of both animate nouns (e.g. names of professions) and inanimate nouns. Abstract nouns were usually caland.


There were also three grammatical cases: agentive/instrumental, patientive and genitive. The agentive case was marked with the particle *la~li (believed to be [[Verse:Lõis/Linguistic theories/ISC|cognate]] with Semitic *li- "to" and Indo-European *-(t/dʰ)lom ~ *-(t/dʰ)lis). In [[L-Arabic]] that evolved into a prefix ''a- ~ al-''. The genitive case was marked with the particle *i. In Central Camalic (e.g. [[An Bhlaoighne]] and [[L-Arabic]]), influenced by Indo-European and Semitic languages, the case particles are preposed while in Peripheral Camalic (e.g. [[Padmanābha]]), the particles evolved into suffixes in a more typically Eurasian nom-acc system.
There were also three grammatical cases: agentive/instrumental, patientive and genitive. Case was not marked by noun morphology but by preposed particles. The agentive case was marked with the particle *la~li (believed by Nostraticists to be cognate with Semitic *li- "to" and Indo-European *-(t/dʰ)lom ~ *-(t/dʰ)lis). The genitive case was marked with the particle *i. In Central Camalic (e.g. [[Padmanábha]]), influenced by Indo-European and Semitic languages, the case particles are preposed while in Peripheral Camalic (e.g. [[Camalanàbha]]), the particles evolved into suffixes in an ergative system.


Proto-Camalic also had an extensive array of derivational affixes.
Proto-Camalic also had an extensive array of derivational affixes.


The definite article in Proto-Camalic was *sa.
The demonstrative in Proto-Camalic was *sa.


===Adjectives===
===Adjectives===

Latest revision as of 00:29, 28 February 2022

Camalic is a small language family created by Verse:Schngellstein.

Phylogeny

  • Central Camalic
  • Peripheral Camalic

Phonology

Proto-Camalic had the following phonemes:

  • e o i u ē ō ī ū ai au ia ua
  • p b t d ts k g m n ŋ s θ~ʂ z ð~ʐ ɬ l r w y h H
    • H is just there for the Sanskrit gibbiness in Camalanàbha: t tH d dH > t th d(breathy) d(creaky) > t th dh d
  • contrastive stød

Syntax

Proto-Camalic was most likely SOV, and had prefix and suffix conjugations.

Morphology

Nouns

Proto-Camalic had three grammatical genders:

  • animate
  • inanimate
  • caland

The caland gender was made up of nouns that resulted from nominalized participles and adjectives and consisted of both animate nouns (e.g. names of professions) and inanimate nouns. Abstract nouns were usually caland.

There were also three grammatical cases: agentive/instrumental, patientive and genitive. Case was not marked by noun morphology but by preposed particles. The agentive case was marked with the particle *la~li (believed by Nostraticists to be cognate with Semitic *li- "to" and Indo-European *-(t/dʰ)lom ~ *-(t/dʰ)lis). The genitive case was marked with the particle *i. In Central Camalic (e.g. Padmanábha), influenced by Indo-European and Semitic languages, the case particles are preposed while in Peripheral Camalic (e.g. Camalanàbha), the particles evolved into suffixes in an ergative system.

Proto-Camalic also had an extensive array of derivational affixes.

The demonstrative in Proto-Camalic was *sa.

Adjectives

Proto-Camalic didn't have adjectives as a distinct part of speech. Most adjectives in other Camalic languages derive from verbs in Proto-Camalic though some are derived from nouns (e.g. nisba/Hoffmann's).

Verbs

Some kind of stress-induced ablaut/lengthening?