Knench/Old

Phonology

Knench New Quantity System

Shift to penult stress; vowels lengthen in stressed syllables or monosyllables, phonemicizing vowel quality.

Gemination is lost at this point, with the information transferring to the preceding vowel: *farrṓ 'cow' -> faro /ˈfaːɾʌ/

Grammar

Pronouns

• 1sg: nůch/ni(ch) (indep); -i (possessive or prep.); -ni (direct object)
• 2sg.m: atho (indep); -cho (oblique)
• 2sg.f: ethy (indep); -chy (oblique)
• 3sg.m: ḧi (indep); -ů (oblique)
• 3sg.f: ḧi (indep); -oho (oblique)
• 1pl: nanu (indep); -nu (oblique)
• 2pl: ethym (indep); -chym (oblique)
• 3pl: hym (?) (indep); -em (?) (oblique)