Idavic languages: Difference between revisions
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Tone changes were part of the morphology of Proto-Idavic, as in Modern Shalaian. | Tone changes were part of the morphology of Proto-Idavic, as in Modern Shalaian. | ||
The three genders, the | The three genders, the three numbers and the possessive suffixes are Proto-Idavic features. Shalaian added a new alienable-inalienable possession distinction by creating alienable possessive prefixes from genitive pronouns. | ||
===Root structure=== | ===Root structure=== | ||
Idavic roots were consonantal roots as in Semitic languages: most roots were biconsonantals C-C or triconsonantals alternating between CVC(ə)C (also called the ''segolate form'') and C(ə)CVC (also called the ''antisegolate form'') by Schwebeablaut. | Idavic roots were consonantal roots as in Semitic languages: most roots were biconsonantals C-C or triconsonantals alternating between CVC(ə)C (also called the ''segolate form'') and C(ə)CVC (also called the ''antisegolate form'') by Schwebeablaut. | ||