Idavo-Etalocian languages

Dodellic
Created by	–
Geographic distribution	southern Etalocin, eastern Txapoalli, Talma
Linguistic classification	One of Tricin's primary language families
Proto-language	Proto-Dodellic

The Dodello-Shalic (or Dodellic) languages are a language family spoken in Dodellia, Eastern Txapoalli, and Talma.

Phylogeny

• Proto-Dodello-Shalic
  • Dodellian
  • Paczāda
  • Shalian
  • Pategian
  • Verapamil

Phonology

Consonants

29 consonants (same number as PSem)

• Stops: p b p' t d t' ḱ ǵ ḱ' k g k' kʷ gʷ kʷ' ʔ
• Resonants: m n l r y w ʕ
• Fricatives: þ s ś x ħ h

Vowels

• Short vowels: i e æ a o u ə /i e æ ɑ o u/
• Long vowels: ī ē ǣ ā ō ū /i: e: æ: ɑ: o: u:/
• Diphthongs: ei eu oi ou ai au /ei eu oi ou ai au/

Tone

Proto-Dodellic had either stress accent or pitch accent.

Morphology

Nouns

Proto-Dodellic was tripartite and had 8 cases: absolutive, accusative, ergative, genitive, lative, ablative, locative, and vocative.

Nouns also had possessive suffixes.

Verbs

• Tenses: present, past, future
• Nouns also had passive, causative and antipassive voices.

Etyma

• ʔons 'precious'
  • Shalian 'aans 'dear'; 'aanwhaiam 'to cherish'
• -kʷei 'verbalizer'