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'''Middle Clofabosin''' is the best attested early form of [[Clofabosin]] and is the ancestor of the Clofabic dialect continuum. It allowed more "weird" consonant clusters and vowel hiatuses than Modern Clofabosin; hiatusing vowels | '''Middle Clofabosin''' is the best attested early form of [[Clofabosin]] and is the ancestor of the Clofabic dialect continuum. It allowed more "weird" consonant clusters and vowel hiatuses than Modern Clofabosin; hiatusing vowels and compensatory lengthening from lost consonants gave rise to long vowels in conservative Modern Clofabosin. | ||
Important works in Middle Clofabosin include the Paliperidin (inspired by Pali and paliperidone), a text made up of philosophical poetry (palin = line, peridin = collection). | Important works in Middle Clofabosin include the Paliperidin (inspired by Pali and paliperidone), a text made up of philosophical poetry (palin = line, peridin = collection). | ||
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===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
*''-in'' = that which is...?, later nominative | *''-in'' = that which is...?, later nominative | ||
*''-ol'' = genitive; ''-o'' = combining form | *''-ol'' = nominative, later genitive; ''-o'' = combining form | ||
*''-as(t)'' = with | *''-as(t)'' = with | ||
*''-one'' = towards | *''-one'' = towards | ||
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** ''-zo-ium-ub'' > ''-zoumab, -ziumab'' > Modern Clo. ''-zumab'' | ** ''-zo-ium-ub'' > ''-zoumab, -ziumab'' > Modern Clo. ''-zumab'' | ||
*''-ca, -ce'' = dynamic: ''tpoca'' = 'comes to eat'; | *''-ca, -ce'' = dynamic: ''tpoca'' = 'comes to eat'; | ||
* ''- | * ''-ciš-'' is an irrealis: ''-ciš-ium-ub'' > ''-ximab'' | ||
*''-il'' = attributive | *''-il'' = attributive | ||
**''tpoil'' = who eats (modern dialectal ''spovil'') | **''tpoil'' = who eats (modern dialectal ''spovil'') | ||
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All verbs had the same paradigm. | All verbs had the same paradigm. | ||
== Syntax == | |||
* ''šop=ol tpo'' = the fish eats (unmarked for tense) | |||
* ''šop=ol tpoir'' = the fish is eating | |||
* ''šop=ol tpotinib'' = the fish be eating | |||
Nonconfigurational? | |||
[[Category:Clofabic languages]] | [[Category:Clofabic languages]] | ||