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*The vocative case is marked with ''-a''. | *The vocative case is marked with ''-a''. | ||
Examples: ''znam'' (field); oblique I form ''znalap''; oblique II ''znama'' | |||
''svelek'' (rainbow; the final k is from *-tk); oblique I form ''sveletap'', oblique II form ''sveleka'' | ''svelek'' (rainbow; the final k is from *-tk); oblique I form ''sveletap'', oblique II form ''sveleka'' | ||
Revision as of 19:31, 14 February 2018
Ldon /ldo̞n/ is a language spoken in Ldon Źama.
Introduction
Phonology
p t k b d v s z ś ź h c ć m n l j a e i o u
Orthography
Consonants
Vowels
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
The acceptable initial consonant clusters are lp, lb, lt, ld, lk, sm, sn, sv, sj, zm, zn, zv, zj, tm, kn, pn, tv, kv and dv.
Hiatus is allowed.
Morphophonology
Morphology
Ldon nouns come in four cases: direct, oblique I, oblique II and vocative.
- Both subjects and objects of transitive verbs are in the direct case. When used with locative prepositions, it implies location.
- The oblique I case is used for subjects of intransitive verbs. When used with locative prepositions, it implies motion towards an object. It is marked with -(a)p and may cause stem vowel changes.
- The oblique II case is used with non-locative prepositions. When used with locative prepositions, it implies motion away from an object.
- The vocative case is marked with -a.
Examples: znam (field); oblique I form znalap; oblique II znama
svelek (rainbow; the final k is from *-tk); oblique I form sveletap, oblique II form sveleka