Adamic Code: Difference between revisions
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: ''-ʔ'' (accusative) [Pangaean] ⇒ ''_a'' (accusative) [Adamic] | : ''-ʔ'' (accusative) [Pangaean] ⇒ ''_a'' (accusative) [Adamic] | ||
To serve their purpose, right-led case particles (''_V<sub>cas</sub>'') combine with definition particles (''V<sub>def</sub>'') in the formula ''_V<sub>def</sub>V<sub>cas</sub>'' to generate articles, while pronouns are formed by stacking the former with pronoun roots (''C<sub>pro</sub>'') as in ''_C<sub>pro</sub>V<sub>cas</sub>''. Furthermore, as articles are treated as clitics but pronouns aren't, the empty space ''_'' is filled by a nominal unit when an article, otherwise the particle ''a'' fills this role when a pronoun. Vide: | To serve their purpose, right-led case particles (''_V<sub>cas</sub>'') combine with definition particles (''V<sub>def</sub>'') in the formula ''_V<sub>def</sub>V<sub>cas</sub>'' to generate articles, while pronouns are formed by stacking the former with pronoun roots (''C<sub>pro</sub>'') as in ''_C<sub>pro</sub>V<sub>cas</sub>''. Furthermore, as articles are treated as clitics but pronouns aren't, the empty space ''_'' is filled by a nominal unit when an article, otherwise the particle ''a'' fills this role when a pronoun. Vide: | ||
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: ''nu_'' (1<sup>st</sup>-person) ⇒ ''nua'' "I am" (copulative) | : ''nu_'' (1<sup>st</sup>-person) ⇒ ''nua'' "I am" (copulative) | ||
Regarding the demarcations of gender and number, the singular, dual, and plural in the masculine are prototypically represented by ''-u'', ''-au'', ''-ū'', and in the feminine by ''-i'', ''-ai'', and ''-ī'' . | |||
The same process that reduces into a diptote scheme for gender: | |||
: ''I'' (material) [Pangaean] ⇒ ''i'' (feminine) [Adamic] | |||
: ''U'' (immaterial) [Pangaean] ⇒ ''u'' (masculine) [Adamic] | |||
[...] possesses a predictable gender system. Earth (feminine) is contrasted with sky (masculine), water (feminine) with fire (masculine), et cetera. | |||
Removal of epenthetic ''-a-'' in ''ni kun iru'' "my dog" | |||
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* The term '''(N)''' refers to plural constructions with Diluvian particles. Vide ''-an'', ''-ūan'', and ''-ūn'' in the masculine, whereas ''-īan'', ''-īn'', ''-i'an'', ''-a’in'', ''-a’ian'', ''-ica’an'', ''-’acian'', ''-ica’n'', and ''-’acin'' in the feminine. | * The term '''(N)''' refers to plural constructions with Diluvian particles. Vide ''-an'', ''-ūan'', and ''-ūn'' in the masculine, whereas ''-īan'', ''-īn'', ''-i'an'', ''-a’in'', ''-a’ian'', ''-ica’an'', ''-’acian'', ''-ica’n'', and ''-’acin'' in the feminine. | ||
====Agglutinative Inflection==== | ====Agglutinative Inflection==== | ||