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! [[Windermere]]<br/>''Lăcoaf'' !! [[Tergetian]]<br/>''Lăcoaf'' !! [[Nordulaki]]<br/>''Nordûlaki'' !! [[Kalese]]<br/>''Kalávyn'' !! [[Ancient Nivarese]]<br/>''Nīvaʼōnīs'' !! [[Majo-Bankravian]]<br/>''Majustin ~ Bankrawstin''
! [[Windermere]]<br/>''Lăcoaf'' !! [[Tergetian]] !! [[Nordulaki]]<br/>''Nordûlaki'' !! [[Kalese]]<br/>''Kalávyn'' !! [[Ancient Nivarese]]<br/>''Nīvaʼōnīs'' !! [[Majo-Bankravian]]<br/>''Majustin ~ Bankrawstin''
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! *àtòn "one"
! *àtòn "one"

Revision as of 06:22, 1 July 2018

Not to be confused with the Lahob languages.

The Lakovic languages (/ləˈkoʊvɪk/ luh-KOHV-ik; Eevo: brits Lycóov; Rhythoed: fi imbrits Lăcoaf) are a language family native to Talma.

Todo

Other (short) suffixes?

Phylogeny

Proto-Lakovic phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ŋ /ŋ/
"Stop" plain p /p/ t /t/ k /k/ ʔ /ʔ/
spirant f /f/ þ /θ/ x /x/
Fricative s /s̻/ š /s̺/ ś /ɬ/ h /h/
Affricate c /ts̻/ č /ts̺/ ć /tɬ/
Approximant w /w/ r /r/ l /l/ y /j/

Vowels

Proto-Lakovic had 6 vowels and register tone:

i ü u e o a = /i y u e o a/

ì ǜ ù è ò à = low/breathy vowels

ə /ə/ was found in unstressed syllables.

Phonotactics

Final consonant clusters were allowed, unlike in Windermere.

Proto-Lakovic, like Old Chinese, had a contrast between tightly and loosely attached presyllables.

Stress

Stress was likely on the final syllable.

Proto-Lakovic morphology

Nouns

Proto-Lakovic had two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine was marked with breathy voice on the final syllable.

  • direct case marker: id-
  • indirect case marker: how-

Verbs and adjectives

Numbers

Proto-Lakovic Talman Northern Evandorian Southern Evandorian Western Evandorian
Windermere
Lăcoaf
Tergetian Nordulaki
Nordûlaki
Kalese
Kalávyn
Ancient Nivarese
Nīvaʼōnīs
Majo-Bankravian
Majustin ~ Bankrawstin
*àtòn "one" doan .. ge že qe
*raþ "two" rath .. xiu ší sep sip
*sciw "three" liúa .. surá thrá surwō swörr
*msàx "four" tisís .. lleix ļiš śit sjis
*lamǜc "five" depso .. tait toš dafes dast
*tax "six" iame .. teim tém dufē täm
*àpoþ "seven" uisies .. deit zöš ʼisōs kwess
*słàp "eight" hodó .. kau khovol hjådn
*ʔalòy "nine" dax .. llas lás lax läx
*θaf "ten" ádau .. olbá óvä ʼalox ågl
*sayàw "eleven" ádau .. olbá óvä ʼalox ågl
*srüx "twelve" ádau .. olbá óvä ʼalox ågl

Derivational morphology

  • Breathy voice ablaut: nominalization

Proto-Lakovic syntax

Proto-Lakovic had flexible word order, but the most common word order was VSO.