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Tone changes were part of the morphology of Proto-Shalaian, as in Modern Shalaian.
Tone changes were part of the morphology of Proto-Shalaian, as in Modern Shalaian.


The three genders, the strong and weak declensions and the two sets of possessive markers are all Proto-Shalaian features. Verbs were not inflected for tense or person, and were syntactically verbal nouns; it is thought that verbs developed personal marking later from possessed (possibly doubly-possessed) verbal noun forms.
The three genders, the strong and weak declensions and the two sets of possessive markers are all Proto-Shalaian features. Verbs were not inflected for tense or person, and were syntactically verbal nouns; it is thought that verbs developed personal marking later from possessed (even doubly-possessed) verbal noun forms.


==Syntax==
==Syntax==
Proto-Shalaian syntax was AuxVOS, which hints at an older SAuxVO stage.
Proto-Shalaian syntax was AuxVOS, which hints at an older SAuxVO stage.

Revision as of 15:00, 27 February 2020

Ashe and Hirst's Shalaian grammar provides the following diachronics:

Phonology

  • Consonants: b d ǵ gw G ɓ t’ ḱ’ kʷ’ q’ p t ḱ kʷ q s h ʔ m n l r w y
  • Vowels: a i u ā ī ū ō
  • Pitch accent: modal (á), creaky ()

Diachronics

  • b > v; ɓ > b; gw > g > γ > x
  • Grimm's law: pʰ tʰ ḱʰ kʷʰ qʰ > f θ ʃ x H
  • q G q' > H ayin q
  • further shifts: kʷ' > kʷ > xʷ
  • Vowel shifts: ā > /ɛɪ/ (except before pharyngeals); ō > /əʊ/, u > /ɒ/, iw > /ju:/
  • final -ā -ī shorten to -a -i
  • Loss of initial glottal stop, then loss of non-prevocalic /r/
  • Historical long vowels (also /ɑː/ from historical /ar/) shorten before /ʕ/

Morphology

Tone changes were part of the morphology of Proto-Shalaian, as in Modern Shalaian.

The three genders, the strong and weak declensions and the two sets of possessive markers are all Proto-Shalaian features. Verbs were not inflected for tense or person, and were syntactically verbal nouns; it is thought that verbs developed personal marking later from possessed (even doubly-possessed) verbal noun forms.

Syntax

Proto-Shalaian syntax was AuxVOS, which hints at an older SAuxVO stage.