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==Phonology==
==Phonology==


Two series of stops (a third, ejective series was created from clusters with glottal stops)
Proto-Noahic had two series of stops. A third, ejective series was created in IE and Semitic from stop clusters; but in Proto-Camalic those clusters resulted in stød.


==Grammar==
==Grammar==


Proto-Indo-Semito-Camalic didn't have grammatical gender; gender evolved separately in the three branches.
Proto-Noahic didn't have grammatical gender; gender evolved separately in the three branches.


Verbs had prefix conjugations and suffix conjugations like PSem or Lõisian PIE.
Verbs had prefix conjugations and suffix conjugations like PSem or Lõisian PIE.

Revision as of 05:01, 27 January 2020

Indo-Semito-Camalic, referred to in Lõis as Noahic, is a proposed family conjectured by some Lõisian linguists, including the Indo-European, Semitic, Egyptian and Camalic languages.

A comprehensive Proto-Indo-Semito-Camalic grammar, including a few fables, was sketched by the linguist and doctor [name]. He also proposed an older macrofamily linking Sumerian, Tbaic and South Indian languages ("Austric"). Though Austric is not taken seriously by contemporary linguists, it influenced [conlanger]'s Elvish languages.

Phonology

Proto-Noahic had two series of stops. A third, ejective series was created in IE and Semitic from stop clusters; but in Proto-Camalic those clusters resulted in stød.

Grammar

Proto-Noahic didn't have grammatical gender; gender evolved separately in the three branches.

Verbs had prefix conjugations and suffix conjugations like PSem or Lõisian PIE.

Proposed roots

  • 1st person *n
  • 2nd person *t
  • demonstrative/relativizer *s (PIE só/swe; PSem *šuʔa)
  • relativizer *y ~ genitive/adjectival *-i (IE: *yos/*-yo-; Semitic: genitive *-i, nisba *-iyy-)
  • demonstrative *D (PIE *tód, Semitic *ðū)
  • causative *-y- (PIE *-éyeti, Semitic root extensions with 3rd root letter *y)
  • nominalizer *-t (PIE *-tís/-tús, Semitic feminine *-t)
  • ISC *med ~ medʔ -> *PIE *med- 'to measure' ~ PSem *m-d-d 'to measure'
  • ISC *widq -> *PIE *weyd- 'to see' ~ PSem *(y/w)-d-ʕ 'to know'
  • ISC *sek ~ sekw ~ seky -> *PIE *sekʷ- 'to see' ~ PSem *s-k-y 'to foresee'
  • ISC *x̣iw -> *PIE *h₂yew- 'to live' ~ PSem *ħ-y-w 'to live'
  • ISC *wer ~ werʔ -> *PIE *wer- 'to fear' ~ PSem *(y/w)-r-ʔ 'to fear'
  • ISC *kʔum -> *PIE *gʷem- 'to come' ~ PSem *q-(w)-m 'to rise'
  • ISC *buʔ -> *PIE *bʰuH- 'to be' ~ PSem *b-(w)-ʔ 'to come'
  • ISC *ʔil -> *PIE *h₁el- 'deer, elk' ~ PSem *ʔayyal- 'stag, hart'
  • PIE *táwros 'bull' ~ PSem *θawr-
  • ISC *ɣel -> *PIE *h₂el- 'grow, nourish; beyond, other' ~ PSem *ʕalay 'upon', *ʕ-l-y 'to rise'
  • PIE *sweḱs '6' ~ PSem *šidþ-
  • PIE *septṃ '7' ~ PSem *šabʕ-

Sound correspondences

  • PIE h₁/y ~ PSem y (e.g. dual -oh₁ in PIE ~ -aym in PSem, PIE *h₁es ~ PSem *yiθ, PIE *h₁oynos originally from a 3sg pronoun ~ PSem *ya- 3sg prefix)