Roshterian/Proto-Roshterian: Difference between revisions

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==Morphology==
==Morphology==
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Case?
Case? Maybe just absolute/construct


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{| class="bluetable lightbluebg" style=" text-align: center;"
|+ ''weiny-'' 'brother'
|+ ''ḽatnə'' 'seed'
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! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
! style="width: 100px;" | Singular
!  style="width: 100px;" | Plural
!  style="width: 100px;" | Plural
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|-
| ''weiny-'' || ''wein'' || ''uwein''
| ''ḽatnai'' || ''ḽatnə'' || ''hēḽatnə''
|}
|}
 
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===Verbs===
===Verbs===

Revision as of 04:31, 19 October 2017

Old Roshterian is the reconstructed intermediate stage between Proto-Talmic and Roshterian.

  • stress shift to penultimate (endings have not dropped completely yet)
    • yields Modern Roshterian ultimate stress
  • Old Irishy allomorphy
  • ā >

Some words

  • φlat-nəm "seed" > Old Roshterian *ḽatnə > laaṉ "child (offspring)"
  • tekts "child" > Old Roshterian *tejṱ, tejs- > ṯeit, ṯeis- "child (young human)"
  • bonditejṱiə, bondejṱiə, bnejṱiə "child-bearer, child-rearer, babysitter" > breit, breiti- "woman"
  • soliθe > OR höḽiṱe "5" > helit, lite-
  • kabnənts > OR kabrəṋs "woman" > (lost)
  • snuwem "round" > OR nǖ "fat" > ṉii "big"
  • mārom "tree" > OR miəro "tree" > miar
  • dēdī > dēdii "tears" > ḏeeḏ
  • gwaθwā > baṱu "throat" > batu
  • nā > ṋiə "I" > nia
  • som, sam > hum "he"
  • sausmam > hauma "moon" > hoom
  • sk, st > ść, st > OR sṱ, st > st, s̱ṯ

Phonology

Vowels

More vowels than Proto-Talmic; has front rounded vowels

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Medial Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal *m *ṋ *n
Plosive voiceless *p *ṱ *t *k *q
voiced *b *ḓ *d *g
Fricative voiceless *s *h
voiced
Resonant *w *ḽ *l, *r *y

Morphology

Nouns

Case? Maybe just absolute/construct

ḽatnə 'seed'
Construct Singular Plural
ḽatnai ḽatnə hēḽatnə

Verbs

Pronouns

Singular Plural
1 *ṋiə *iəm
1 + 2 ???
2 *wēr ???
3 (masculine) *hum ???
3 (feminine) *hī
3 (inanimate) *he
4 (obviative) *pī