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| colspan="4" | ''*-(a)m''
| colspan="4" | ''*-(a)m''
| ''*-es''
| ''*-es''
| colspan="2" | ''*-es''
| colspan="2" | ''*-(e)s''
|-
|-
! Genitive (inalienable)
! Genitive (inalienable)
| colspan="4" | ''*-(a)s''
| colspan="4" | ''*-(a)s''
| colspan="4" | ''*-om''
| colspan="4" | ''*-(s)om''
|-
|-
! Genitive (alienable)
! Genitive (alienable)
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|-
|-
! Dative
! Dative
| colspan="4" | ''*-ej''
| colspan="4" | ''*-(ə)j''
| colspan="4" | ''*-mos''
| colspan="4" | ''*-mos''
|-
|-
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|-
|-
! Comitative
! Comitative
| colspan="4" | ''*-(í)k''
| colspan="4" | ''*-(i)k''
| colspan="4" | ''*-mom''
| colspan="4" | ''*-kom''
|-
|-
! Illative
! Illative
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| colspan="4" | ''*-shen''
| colspan="4" | ''*-shen''
|}
|}
Except for the plural in the accusative, cases were "stacked" on top of the nominative gender endings to explicitly indicate both gender, number, and case.
:*''pipi-sh-'''as'''''
:chick-THEM.SG-GEN.INAL.SG
:the chick's
:*''pipi-ə-'''som'''
:chick-THEM.PL-GEN.INAL.PL
:the chicks'


===Verb phrases===
===Verb phrases===

Revision as of 22:18, 29 May 2017

History

  • As a result of collapsing of the different gendered endings for case inflections, the case system became significantly more agglutinative, requiring the gender and case suffixes to be attached to the noun separately.

Grammar

Pronouns

The following pronouns were used:

1st 2nd 3rd
Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl.
Masc. Neut. Fem. Them. Masc. Neut. Fem. Them.
Nominative *shig *e *far *ja *su *tud *sir *ris *tuj *tur *tiraj *rini
Accusative *amí *esmí *fí *vosí *tum *tir *rim *tuns *tires *rines
Genitive *míne *eso *tíve *shɔso *sɔfó *iser *rincho *tisom *tirom *rinom
Dative *mísho *esmej *phájo *fasmej *smój *rij *rinej *tujmɔ *timɔ *rimos
Ablative *míd *esmed *fíd *fasmed *smód *rind *tujos *turos
Locative *muáj *esmaj *tuáj *fasmaj *smaj *raj *rinch *chɔ *tichɔ *rinchɔ
Instrumental *esmáj *fasmo *tuj *rinar *tushphaj *tiphaj *rinash
Comitative *amík *esmík *fík *vosík *tərom *turom *rimom *tunsom *turom *tirsom *rinsom
Illative *míshor *esmen *phájor *fasmen *smósh *shin *rinchar *tujman *turon *rinchen

Case declension

Nouns and adjectives were declined for case, number, and gender. The cases were identical for both the nouns and the adjectives.

Singular Plural
Masc. Neut. Fem. Them. Masc. Neut. Fem. Them.
Nominative *-(a)m *-∅/-ə *-(a)s *-(a)sh *-ə *-(a)r *-əsh *-ə
Accusative *-(a)m *-es *-(e)s
Genitive (inalienable) *-(a)s *-(s)om
Genitive (alienable) *-sho *-shom
Dative *-(ə)j *-mos
Ablative *-(a)d *-dom
Adessive *-(j)ej *-sɔ
Inessive *-(j)aj *-jom
Instrumental *-(a)r *-phaj
Comitative *-(i)k *-kom
Illative *-shar *-shen

Except for the plural in the accusative, cases were "stacked" on top of the nominative gender endings to explicitly indicate both gender, number, and case.

  • pipi-sh-as
chick-THEM.SG-GEN.INAL.SG
the chick's
  • pipi-ə-som
chick-THEM.PL-GEN.INAL.PL
the chicks'

Verb phrases

Person/number conjugation

Athematic Thematic
1st 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 3rd
Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl. Sing. Pl.
Past *-ɔm *-ɔmí *-as *-etí *-at *-and *-om *-ome *-es *-ete *-ed *-ond
Present *-ma *-mos *-sa *-te *-ta *-anch *-o *-om *-ash *-et *-omo *-onch