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'''Togarmite''' (''Þėrmiþ'' /θermiθ/ or ''lysėnyn þėrmijyn'' /ˈləsenən θermijən/) is a Semitic language closely related to Hebrew and [[Knánith]]. It is inspired by Maltese, Germanic languages (particularly Icelandic) and the Semitic conlang Alashian. | '''Togarmite''' (''Þėrmiþ'' /θermiθ/ or ''lysėnyn þėrmijyn'' /ˈləsenən θermijən/) is a Semitic language closely related to Hebrew and [[Knánith]]. It is inspired by Maltese, Germanic languages (particularly Icelandic) and the Semitic conlang Alashian. | ||
Modern Togarmite retains the Semitic root-and-pattern morphology and binyanim of [[Togarmite/Old|Old Togarmite]], but has undergone some grammatical restructuring | Modern Togarmite retains the Semitic root-and-pattern morphology and binyanim of [[Togarmite/Old|Old Togarmite]], but has undergone some grammatical restructuring, taking features of the Turkey-Northern Levant-Iranian sprachbund, with [[L-Persian]], [[Modern An Bhlaoighne]] and [[Time Traveler English|English]]: | ||
*loss of grammatical gender | |||
*loss of the inflected passive | |||
*the use of the Old Togarmite waw-subjunctive for the present progressive, mirroring [[Time Traveler English|English]] ''-ing'' < PIE *-nd-kwe | |||
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