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*Nouns also had passive, causative and antipassive voices. | *Nouns also had passive, causative and antipassive voices. | ||
==Etyma== | ==Etyma== | ||
*'' | *''ấns'' 'precious' | ||
**Shalian '' 'aans'' 'dear'; '' 'áanwhaiam'' 'to cherish' | **Shalian '' 'aans'' 'dear'; '' 'áanwhaiam'' 'to cherish' | ||
*''-kʷei'' 'verbalizer' | *''-kʷei'' 'verbalizer' | ||
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**Shalian ''Manayunk'' 'god of rivers' | **Shalian ''Manayunk'' 'god of rivers' | ||
*''yát-sẩâk'' "same breast" > yasái'kh 'brother' | *''yát-sẩâk'' "same breast" > yasái'kh 'brother' | ||
*'' | *''onkʷ' '' = "big" | ||
**Shalian ''-unk'' honorific | **Shalian ''-unk'' honorific | ||
Revision as of 01:58, 23 June 2019
| Dodello-Shalic | |
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| Created by | – |
| Geographic distribution | southern Etalocin, eastern Txapoalli, Talma |
| Linguistic classification | One of Tricin's primary language families |
| Proto-language | Proto-Dodellic |
The Dodello-Shalic languages are a language family spoken in Dodellia, Eastern Txapoalli, and Talma.
Phylogeny
Phonology
Consonants
29 consonants (same number as PSem)
- Stops: p b p' t d t' ḱ ǵ ḱ' k g k' kʷ gʷ kʷ'
- Resonants: m n l r y w ʕ
- Fricatives: þ s ś h3 h2 h1
Vowels
- Short vowels: i e a â o u ə /i e æ ɑ o u/
- Long vowels: ii ee aa ââ oo uu /i: e: æ: ɑ: o: u:/
- Diphthongs: ei eu oi ou ai au /ei eu oi ou ai au/
Tone
Proto-Dodellic had a pitch accent system, where at most one syllable in a word could have one of the following tones:
- high level: á
- falling tone: à
- creaky tone: ả
Morphology
Nouns
Proto-Dodellic was tripartite and had 8 cases: absolutive, accusative, ergative, genitive, lative, ablative, locative, and vocative.
Nouns also had possessive suffixes.
Verbs
- Tenses: present, past, future
- Nouns also had passive, causative and antipassive voices.
Etyma
- ấns 'precious'
- Shalian 'aans 'dear'; 'áanwhaiam 'to cherish'
- -kʷei 'verbalizer'
- manay 'water, river'
- Shalian Manayunk 'god of rivers'
- yát-sẩâk "same breast" > yasái'kh 'brother'
- onkʷ' = "big"
- Shalian -unk honorific