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*"verb-second-to-last" order with the topic placed at the end of the sentence
*"verb-second-to-last" order with the topic placed at the end of the sentence
*a two-way evidentiality system like Turkish
*a two-way evidentiality system like Turkish
Note that Harappan is ''not'' the language of Lõis's Indus Valley Civilization; the latter is Camalic and isn't part of the Indus Sprachbund.


==Modern Harappan==
==Modern Harappan==
ɭ͢d̪ → ɮ
ɭ͢d̪ → ɮ

Revision as of 04:41, 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 neighboring 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 (including "śravaḥ akṣitaṃ"?)
  • 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

Note that Harappan is not the language of Lõis's Indus Valley Civilization; the latter is Camalic and isn't part of the Indus Sprachbund.

Modern Harappan

ɭ͢d̪ → ɮ