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! *sciw "three"
! *sciw "three"
| liúa || .. || surá || thrá || surwō || swörr
| stiw || .. || surá || thrá || surwō || swörr
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! *msàx "four"
! *msàx "four"
| tisís || .. || lleix || ļiš || śit || sjis
| smech || .. || lleix || ļiš || śit || sjis
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! *lamǜc "five"
! *lamǜc "five"
| depso || .. || tait || toš || dafes || dast
| müets || .. || tait || toš || dafes || dast
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! *tax "six"
! *tax "six"
| iame || .. || teim || tém || dufē || täm
| tach || .. || teim || tém || dufē || täm
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! *àpoþ "seven"
! *àpòþ "seven"
| uisies || .. || deit || zöš || ʼisōs || kwess
| boath || .. || deit || zöš || ʼisōs || kwess
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! *słàp "eight"
! *słàp "eight"
| hodó || .. || kau || ká || khovol || hjådn
| łep || .. || kau || ká || khovol || hjådn
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! *ʔalòy "nine"
! *ʔilòy "nine"
| dax || .. || llas || lás || lax || läx
| loay || .. || llas || lás || lax || läx
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! *θaf "ten"
! *θaf "ten"
| ádau || .. || olbá || óvä || ʼalox || ågl
| thaf || .. || olbá || óvä || ʼalox || ågl
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! *sayàw "eleven"
! *sayàw "eleven"
| ádau || .. || olbá || óvä || ʼalox || ågl
| săyew || .. || olbá || óvä || ʼalox || ågl
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! *srüx "twelve"
! *srüx "twelve"
| ádau || .. || olbá || óvä || ʼalox || ågl
| srüch || .. || olbá || óvä || ʼalox || ågl
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Revision as of 06:23, 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 jö
*raþ "two" rath .. xiu ší sep sip
*sciw "three" stiw .. surá thrá surwō swörr
*msàx "four" smech .. lleix ļiš śit sjis
*lamǜc "five" müets .. tait toš dafes dast
*tax "six" tach .. teim tém dufē täm
*àpòþ "seven" boath .. deit zöš ʼisōs kwess
*słàp "eight" łep .. kau ká khovol hjådn
*ʔilòy "nine" loay .. llas lás lax läx
*θaf "ten" thaf .. olbá óvä ʼalox ågl
*sayàw "eleven" săyew .. olbá óvä ʼalox ågl
*srüx "twelve" srüch .. 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.

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