Lakovic languages

Not to be confused with the Lahob languages.

The Lakovic languages (/ləˈkoʊvɪk/ luh-KOHV-ik; Eevo: brits Lycóov; Rhythoed: fi imbrits Lăcoaf) are a language family native to Talma.

Todo

Other (short) suffixes?

Phylogeny

• Proto-Lakovic
  • Old Windermere
    • Classical Windermere
      • Modern Windermere
    • a Scots analog
  • Tergetian
  • Ksieħ
  • Häskä
  • A language where stress shifts to feminine -i
  • Western Bjeheondian
  • Tumhanian
    • Schong

Proto-Lakovic phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/				ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive	plain	p /p/	t /t/				k /k/	ʔ /ʔ/
	aspirated	φ /pʰ/	θ /tʰ/				χ /kʰ/
Fricative			s /s̻/	š /s̺/	ś /ɬ/			h /h/
Affricate			c /ts̻/	č /ts̺/	ć /tɬ/
Approximant		w /w/		r /r/	l /l/	y /j/

Vowels

Proto-Lakovic had 6 vowels and register tone:

i ü u e o a = /i y u e o a/

ì ǜ ù è ò à = low/breathy vowels

ə /ə/ was found in unstressed syllables.

Phonotactics

Final consonant clusters were allowed, unlike in Windermere.

Proto-Lakovic, like Old Chinese, had a contrast between tightly and loosely attached presyllables.

Stress

Stress was not strong.

Proto-Lakovic morphology

Nouns

Proto-Lakovic had two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine was marked with -i.

• direct case marker: id-
• indirect case marker: how-

Verbs and adjectives

Verbs and adjectives agreed with nouns in gender. For example:

• šmer toʔ = a good man (m);
• ʔama toʔi = a good mother (f)

TODO: triggers, aspects

Numbers

1. ʔàtòn
2. raþ
3. sciw
4. msàx
5. lamǜc
6. tax
7. àpot
8. sałàp
9. ʔlòy
10. θaf
11. sayàw
12. srüx

Derivational morphology

• Breathy voice ablaut: nominalization

Proto-Lakovic syntax

Proto-Lakovic had flexible word order, but the most common word order was VSO.