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Proto-Clofabic or Tamil (Proto-Clofabic: LΛŦꝨΠ ΠϪⱵ tamil lor 'same/shared/common language'; Clofabosin: methoserotin 'the people's language') is the (attested!) proto-language of the Clofabic family, which includes Clofabosin and Phormatolidin. It was spoken 2000 years before modern Clofabosin.

1: es (inanimate) / er (animate) 2: s2rib 3: s2al 4: lop 5: orβ 6: kʷib 7: tksol 8: δikʷ 9: abd 10: gaβar 11: βem 12: r2klut

• tpo-es = thing
• comparative: dguwan
• superlative: pδeg
  • Talmo-Tamil pzeg
• plural: -ar2
  • Clofab -zin
  • Talmo-Tamil -azh
• cohortative: ko
• later verbal noun: at

• sken = go
  • Clofab zen.avir
  • Talmo-Tamil sken
• kaβ = do, make
  • Clofab ca.vir
  • Talmo-Tamil kav
• akti = day
  • Clofab acti.n
  • Talmo-Tamil akti
• spto = eat
  • Clofab spovir
  • Talmo-Tamil spto
• matsi, patsi = mother, father
• moksti = live
  • Clofab moxivir
  • Talmo-Tamil mksti
• ds2a = good
  • Clofab dasa.vir
  • Talmo-Tamil dza
• stlok = land
  • Clofab locin
  • Talmo-Tamil stok

Phonology

Consonants

m n p t k kʷ b d g gʷ β δ γ w s1 s2 h r1 r2 l

Vowels

/i u e o a/

Phonotactics

Proto-Clofabic allows very unusual clusters, such as řkl- (ex. řkloro 'big'). However, the more "unusual" clusters are allowed only word-initially. Word-finally, they obey the sonority hierarchy more.

Orthography

• a: Λ
• b: Ỻ
• k: Ǝ
• d: X
• e: Ʞ
• β: Ꙟ
• s2: Ɥ
• g: Σ
• i: Ꝩ
• δ: Ꝟ
• l: Π
• m: Ŧ
• n: И
• o: Ϫ
• p: Ш
• γ: Ӈ
• r: Ⱶ
• s: Ⅎ
• r2: Ꙉ
• t: L
• u: Ξ
• w: Ⳙ
• (x /ks/: Ɐ)

Alphabetical order: X Ⱶ Ŧ Ꙟ Ⅎ Π L Σ Ш И Ⳙ Ꝟ Ỻ Ǝ Ꙉ Ɥ Ꝩ Ʞ Λ Ϫ Ξ (d r1 m β s1 l t g γ p n w δ b k r2 s2 i e a o u)

Morphology

Tamil is analytic.

Particles

• copula: wir
• participle: βen
• past: r2ole
• future: kapt
• quotative: di
• topic: in
• accusative: e
• attributive: il
• genitive: o
• negative: ptum

Pronouns

end, sent, βlur, akwt, ine, βlur

Syntax

Proto-Clofabic is V2, with genitive-noun, and adjective-noun order. Tense and discourse particles are sentence-final.

Prepositions can be used in second position in a phrase (cf. "magnā cum laude")