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'''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' is a language spoken in Lõis's India | '''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' is a language spoken in Lõis's India. | ||
TODO: relate to Corded Ware | TODO: relate to Corded Ware | ||
==Old Harappan== | |||
Old Harappan had the retroflex glissando liquid /ɭ͢d̪/, which is believed to have come from certain dialects of Vedic Sanskrit. In addition, Old Harappan had some other grammatical features in common with other languages in the Indus Sprachbund: | |||
*heavy agglutination and a dual number | |||
*a few commonly calqued expressions | |||
*Hungarian-style transitive conjugation in verbs | |||
*"verb-second-to-last" order with the topic placed at the end of the sentence | |||
*a two-way evidentiality system like Turkish | |||
Revision as of 04:35, 27 January 2020
Harappan is a language spoken in Lõis's India.
TODO: relate to Corded Ware
Old Harappan
Old Harappan had the retroflex glissando liquid /ɭ͢d̪/, which is believed to have come from certain dialects of Vedic Sanskrit. In addition, Old Harappan had some other grammatical features in common with other languages in the Indus Sprachbund:
- heavy agglutination and a dual number
- a few commonly calqued expressions
- Hungarian-style transitive conjugation in verbs
- "verb-second-to-last" order with the topic placed at the end of the sentence
- a two-way evidentiality system like Turkish