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There is no isolated word for "one". When counting you | There is no isolated word for "one". When counting you use a word that was formerly "once/an occurrence" (cf. Slavic '''raz''' dva tri...). Otherwise, the singular indefinite form of the noun in question is used, when necessary emphasized with __ 'only'. | ||
=== TAM auxiliaries === | === TAM auxiliaries === | ||
Inflected for person and number (inherited from Proto-Zzeic) | Inflected for person and number (inherited from Proto-Zzeic) | ||
=== Verbs === | === Verbs === |
Revision as of 04:25, 28 November 2024
In Verse:Angai, Dylathian is an extremely conservative Zzeic language (branch of the Akya-Woms family including Zzean) with a Welsh-like grammar and aesthetic. Dylathian is spoken in the Sarnathian mountain range in the borderlands of Aem-Zmaə, which contains Mt. ___, the highest mountain in Angai. Like its neighboring relatives, Dylathian is considered vital for reconstructing the early history of the Zzeic branch.
Standard Dylathian is a liturgical language of ___ (Tibetan Buddhism clone).
Phonology
Generally Welshy phonology but with ejectives and affricates; penultimate stress with vowel alternations attesting to earlier ultimate stress
Grammar
"Colloquial Welsh with classifiers"
Nouns
Most nouns have "marked singulars"; "human" has a suppletive plural
Classifiers are definite articles
Marked singulars are only used for indefinite singular nouns
Numerals
There is no isolated word for "one". When counting you use a word that was formerly "once/an occurrence" (cf. Slavic raz dva tri...). Otherwise, the singular indefinite form of the noun in question is used, when necessary emphasized with __ 'only'.
TAM auxiliaries
Inflected for person and number (inherited from Proto-Zzeic)