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==History== | |||
* As a result of collapsing of the different gendered endings for case inflections, the case system became significantly more [[w:agglutination|agglutinative]], requiring the gender and case suffixes to be attached to the noun separately. | |||
==Phonology== | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
Proto-Owina possessed the following consonants: | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | | |||
! Labial | |||
! Alveolar | |||
! Palato-<br>alveolar | |||
! Velar | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Nasal | |||
| *'''m''' /m/ | |||
| *'''n''' /n/ | |||
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|- | |||
! rowspan="3" | Plosive | |||
! Voiceless | |||
| *'''p''' /p/ | |||
| *'''t''' /t/ | |||
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| *'''k''' /k/ | |||
|- | |||
! Voiced | |||
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| *'''d''' /d/ | |||
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| *'''g''' /g/ | |||
|- | |||
! Aspirated | |||
| *'''ph''' /pʰ/ | |||
| *'''th''' /tʰ/ | |||
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| *'''kh''' /kʰ/ | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" | Fricative | |||
! Voiceless | |||
| *'''f''' /f/ | |||
| *'''s''' /s/ | |||
| *'''sh''' /ʃ/ | |||
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|- | |||
! Voiced | |||
| *'''v''' /v/ | |||
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| *'''j''' /ʒ/ | |||
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|- | |||
! rowspan="3" | Affricate | |||
! Voiced | |||
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| *'''dj''' /d͡ʒ/ | |||
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! Voiceless | |||
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| *'''ch''' /t͡ʃ/ | |||
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|- | |||
! Aspirated | |||
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| *'''cch''' /t͡ʃʰ/ | |||
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|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Approximant | |||
| *'''w''' /w/ | |||
| *'''l''' /l/ | |||
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|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Flap/Trill | |||
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| *'''r''' /r/ | |||
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|} | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
The following vowel phonemes are used: | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 20px;" | |||
|- | |||
! | |||
! Front | |||
! Central | |||
! Back | |||
|- | |||
! High | |||
| *'''i''' /i/ | |||
| *'''u''' /ʉ/ | |||
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|- | |||
! Mid-high | |||
| *'''e''' /e/ | |||
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| *'''o''' /o/ | |||
|- | |||
! Mid | |||
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| *'''y''' /ə/ | |||
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|- | |||
! Mid-low | |||
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| *'''ø''' /ɔ/ | |||
|- | |||
! Low | |||
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| *'''a''' /a/ | |||
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|} | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Pronouns=== | ===Pronouns=== | ||
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| ''*esmí'' | | ''*esmí'' | ||
| ''*fí'' | | ''*fí'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*vosí'' | ||
| ''*tum'' | | ''*tum'' | ||
| ''*tir'' | | ''*tir'' | ||
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| ''*eso'' | | ''*eso'' | ||
| ''*tíve'' | | ''*tíve'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*shøso'' | ||
| colspan="2" | ''* | | colspan="2" | ''*søfó'' | ||
| ''*iser'' | | ''*iser'' | ||
| ''*rincho'' | | ''*rincho'' | ||
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| ''*rij'' | | ''*rij'' | ||
| ''*rinej'' | | ''*rinej'' | ||
| colspan="2" | ''* | | colspan="2" | ''*tujmø'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*timø'' | ||
| rowspan="2" | ''*rimos'' | | rowspan="2" | ''*rimos'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
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| ''*raj'' | | ''*raj'' | ||
| ''*rinch'' | | ''*rinch'' | ||
| colspan="2" | ''* | | colspan="2" | ''*chø'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*tichø'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*rinchø'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Instrumental | ! Instrumental | ||
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| ''*amík'' | | ''*amík'' | ||
| ''*esmík'' | | ''*esmík'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*fík'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*vosík'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*tyrom'' | ||
| | | colspan="2" | ''*turom'' | ||
| ''*turom'' | |||
| ''*rimom'' | | ''*rimom'' | ||
| ''*tunsom'' | | ''*tunsom'' | ||
| ''*turom'' | | ''*turom'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*tirsom'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*rinsom'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Illative | ! Illative | ||
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! Nominative | ! Nominative | ||
| ''*-(a)m'' | | ''*-(a)m'' | ||
| ''*-∅/- | | ''*-∅/-y'' | ||
| ''*-(a)s'' | | ''*-(a)s'' | ||
| ''*-(a)sh'' | | ''*-(a)sh'' | ||
| ''*- | | ''*-∅/-y'' | ||
| rowspan="2" | ''*-(a)r'' | | rowspan="2" | ''*-(a)r'' | ||
| ''*- | | ''*-(y)sh'' | ||
| ''*- | | ''*-∅/-y'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Accusative | ! Accusative | ||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(a)m'' | | colspan="4" | ''*-(a)m'' | ||
| ''*- | | ''*-(e)s'' | ||
| colspan="2" | ''*- | | colspan="2" | ''*-(e)s'' | ||
|- | |||
! Genitive (inalienable) | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(a)s'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(s)om'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Genitive | ! Genitive (alienable) | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="4" | ''*-sho'' | ||
| ''*-sho'' | | colspan="4" | ''*-shom'' | ||
| colspan="4" | ''*- | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Dative | ! Dative | ||
| colspan="4" | ''*- | | colspan="4" | ''*-(y)j'' | ||
| | | colspan="4" | ''*-mos'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Ablative | ! Ablative | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="4" | ''*-(a)d'' | ||
| ''*-( | | colspan="4" | ''*-dom'' | ||
| ''*- | |- | ||
! Adessive | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(j)ej'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-sø'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Inessive | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="4" | ''*-(j)aj'' | ||
| colspan="4" | ''*-jom'' | |||
| colspan=" | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Instrumental | ! Instrumental | ||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(a)r'' | | colspan="4" | ''*-(a)r'' | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="4" | ''*-phaj'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Comitative | ! Comitative | ||
| | | colspan="4" | ''*-(i)k'' | ||
| colspan="4" | ''*-kom'' | |||
| ''*- | |||
| | |||
| ''*- | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Illative | ! Illative | ||
| colspan=" | | colspan="4" | ''*-shar'' | ||
| ''*-shar'' | |||
| 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. | |||
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>''pipi-sh-'''as''''' | |||
:chick-THEM.SG-GEN.INAL.SG | |||
:the chick's | |||
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>''pipi-∅-'''som''' | |||
:chick-THEM.PL-GEN.INAL.PL | |||
:the chicks' | |||
===Verb phrases=== | ===Verb phrases=== | ||
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|- | |- | ||
!Past | !Past | ||
| ''*- | | ''*-ø'' | ||
| ''*- | | ''*-ømí'' | ||
| ''*-as'' | | ''*-as'' | ||
| ''*-etí'' | | ''*-etí'' | ||
| ''*- | | ''*-a'' | ||
| ''*-and'' | | ''*-and'' | ||
| ''*-om'' | | ''*-om'' | ||
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| ''*-te'' | | ''*-te'' | ||
| ''*-ta'' | | ''*-ta'' | ||
| ''*- | | ''*-ach'' | ||
| ''*-o'' | | ''*-o'' | ||
| ''*-om'' | | ''*-om'' | ||
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| ''*-et'' | | ''*-et'' | ||
| ''*-omo'' | | ''*-omo'' | ||
| ''*- | | ''*-och'' | ||
|} | |} | ||
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