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In modern Clofabosin, verbs are bound forms that cannot appear without one or more inflectional suffixes. In contrast, Old Clofabosin verb stems could be used independently, particularly in verb-verb compounds, where the first verb was typically an uninflected root.
In modern Clofabosin, verbs are bound forms that cannot appear without one or more inflectional suffixes. In contrast, Old Clofabosin verb stems could be used independently, particularly in verb-verb compounds, where the first verb was typically an uninflected root.
== Phonology ==
Inventory same as modern Clofabosin but with /j/? (/j/ > /z/ sound change?)
hiatus and weird consonant clusters?
Voiceless stops were unaspirated unlike in modern Clofabosin

Latest revision as of 02:21, 25 April 2022

Old Clofabosin is the oldest attested stage of Clofabosin. It is written in a syllabary.

In modern Clofabosin, verbs are bound forms that cannot appear without one or more inflectional suffixes. In contrast, Old Clofabosin verb stems could be used independently, particularly in verb-verb compounds, where the first verb was typically an uninflected root.

Phonology

Inventory same as modern Clofabosin but with /j/? (/j/ > /z/ sound change?)

hiatus and weird consonant clusters?

Voiceless stops were unaspirated unlike in modern Clofabosin