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| ==Todo==
| | '''Qivattutannguaq''' is a diachronic IE conlang created by a 19th-century Lõisian fantasy author. |
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| tå- auxiliary from (s)teh2 means "to be about to X" instead of "to be X-ing" (unlike in Irish and Tajik Persian)
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| Include some sound change laws conditioned by PIE glottalization? Some Uralic gradation-like thing?
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| Some stereotypically northern european aesthetic elements? å instead of aa
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| -s -> -r instead of -h? <Hivantudåzuár>
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| hynúr "son" (y /y/), imar "ocean", ihalur "trout"
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| modern Hivantish can be like modern Greek or Icelandic? (some declensional leveling and phonetic changes)
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| The Qivattu use two different calendar systems: a solar calendar based on the summer solstice and a lunar calendar based on the synodic month. In modern times only the first is used.
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| The ancient Qivattu solar calendar was an observational one which relied on the position of the sun as measured at Stonehenge. No attempt was made to divide the year into solar months.
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| sky and earth can be both goddesses? Hivantish people should invent pagan religion/gods/goddesses afresh
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| Extremely long names like Thai?
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| ==Names==
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| * ___ Råmånujan, mathematician
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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
| Qivattutannguaq has a rather small phonology.
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| Vowels: i u a ii uu ee aa ai au iu ui | | Vowels: i u a ii uu ee aa ai au iu ui |
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| Consonants: p v t d s z k g h m n ng l r j w /p v t ð~d s z k ɣ~g χ m n ŋ l (uvular R) j w/ | | Consonants: p v t d s z k g q m n ng l r j w /p v t ð~d s z k ɣ~g q~χ m n ŋ l (uvular R) j w/ |
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| Voiceless stops are unaspirated. | | Voiceless stops are unaspirated. |
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| ===Thematic=== | | ===Thematic=== |
| ====o-stem masculine==== | | ====o-stem masculine==== |
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| |+ ''válkur'' 'wolf' (< {{recon|wĺ̥kʷos}}; underwent taboo deformation)
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| !| !! Singular !! Plural
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| !|Nominative
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| |''válkur''||''válkår''
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| !|Genitive
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| |''válkå''||''válkuų''
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| !|Dative
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| |''válkæ''||''válkavur''
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| !|Accusative
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| |''válkų'' ||''válkūr''
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| !|Ablative
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| |''válkiat'' ||''válkavur''
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| !|Locative
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| |''válkiat'' ||''válkavi''
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| !|Vocative
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| |''válki!'' ||''válkår!''
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| ====o-stem neuter==== | | ====o-stem neuter==== |
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| ==Derivation== | | ==Derivation== |
| *''-isúr'' = forms adjectives (< -ik'os) | | *''-isúq'' = forms adjectives (< -ik'os) |
| *Verb prefixes: ''in-'', ''at-'', ''attir-'', ''pi-'', ''su-'', ''san-'', ''ik(s)-'', ''pir-'', ''hupir-'', ''huu-'', ... | | *Verb prefixes: ''in-'', ''at-'', ''attir-'', ''pi-'', ''su-'', ''san-'', ''ik(s)-'', ''pir-'', ''hupir-'', ''huu-'', ... |
| **Ex. from ''wiutit'' 'he sees': ''ikwiitit'' 'he identifies, he susses out', ''atwiitit'' 'he sees to it that', ''piwiitit'' 'he sees fit'; ''attirwiitit'' 'he agrees'; ''suwiitit'' 'he witnesses' | | **Ex. from ''wiitit'' 'he sees': ''ikwiitit'' 'he identifies, he susses out', ''atwiitit'' 'he sees to it that', ''piwiitit'' 'he sees fit'; ''attirwiitit'' 'he agrees' (negative polarity item like the English ''see eye to eye''); ''suwiitit'' 'he witnesses' |
| *''-inur'' = agent | | *''-inuq'' = agent |
| *''-nir'' (from *-nih2) = feminine agent | | *''-niq'' (from *-nih2) = feminine agent |
| **''reezinir'' = queen, from ''reezar'' king | | **''reeziniq'' = queen, from ''reezaq'' king |
| *''-allún'' (from *-tlóm) = instrument | | *''-allún'' (from *-tlóm) = instrument |
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| Adjectives and genitives precede nouns, and relative clauses follow nouns. | | Adjectives and genitives precede nouns, and relative clauses follow nouns. |
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| ==Sample texts==
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| ===Schleicher's Fable===
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| ''Awir iswårki''
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| ''Awir, juhmai walinå nēm issi, iwiti iswūr, ainų garų waznų tinngantą, ainunki mizalų kråmą, ainunki zamuną asu virantą. Awir nū iswavur iwaki: "Sartar anngitur mai, witantī zamuną iswūr azantą." Iswår nū awī iwakēr: "Asauhē, awi, sartar anngitur angmai witantavur citut: Zamū, tēmputir, ut awijūm walinåt karnit hai girmų wingmą. Awī nū walinå nēm eht." Awir nū citut slauhåwur į plānų ivuki.''
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| [[Category:Indo-European languages|Q]] | | [[Category:Indo-European languages|Q]] |