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Praveen's last idea for Tigal: auxiliary-based | Praveen's last idea for Tigal: auxiliary-based | ||
===Auxiliaries=== | ===Auxiliaries=== | ||
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!I!!thou!!he!!she!!it!!we (exc.)!!we (inc.)!!you (pl.)!!they | !I!!thou!!he!!she!!it!!we (exc.)!!we (inc.)!!you (pl.)!!they | ||
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!|present | !|present | ||
|''mor''||''moł''||''mon''||''mos''||''mot''||''mots''||''mob''||''mong''||''mam'' | |''mor''||''moł''||''mon''||''mos''||''mot''||''mots''||''mob''||''mong''||''mam'' | ||
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!| | !|preterite | ||
|''chelăr''||''chelăł''||''chelăn''||''chelăs''||''chelăt''||''chelăts''||''chelăb''||''chelăng''||''chelăm'' | |''chelăr''||''chelăł''||''chelăn''||''chelăs''||''chelăt''||''chelăts''||''chelăb''||''chelăng''||''chelăm'' | ||
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!|future | |||
|''per''||''perăł''||''pern''||''pers''||''pert''||''perts''||''perb''||''perng''||''perm'' | |||
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Revision as of 03:54, 11 January 2018
Modern Windermere is the sole modern descendant of Classical Windermere.
Diachronics
Phonological history
Grammatical history
- Aspect and trigger largely become derivational devices, cf. the development of PIE aspects and Semitic binyanim.
- Grammaticalization of conjugated auxiliaries, leading to a tense system.
Phonology
ə > 0 after aspirated consonants
r > ɹ
Consonants
Vowels
Stress
Stress is almost always final, but can be non-final in function words.
Morphology
Praveen's last idea for Tigal: auxiliary-based
Auxiliaries
Tense auxiliaries
I | thou | he | she | it | we (exc.) | we (inc.) | you (pl.) | they | |
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present | mor | moł | mon | mos | mot | mots | mob | mong | mam |
preterite | chelăr | chelăł | chelăn | chelăs | chelăt | chelăts | chelăb | chelăng | chelăm |
future | per | perăł | pern | pers | pert | perts | perb | perng | perm |
Syntax
AuxSVO or maybe AuxAVE if ergative
- Mor brits cde clăbüh te tsăgtsog.
- PRES-1SG speak about love and hate
- I speak of love and hate.'