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Revision as of 20:19, 15 May 2020

The Netagic languages are a subbranch of the Idavic family that includes Netagin. They are inspired by Uralic.

PId final *-a, *-i, *-u > PNtg *-æ/a, *-ɨ/ə, *-ɨ/ə -> Pre-Netagin *-ē, *-ë, *-ë > Old Netagin -i, -a, -a

Phonology

  • Consonants: b d λ ǯ ʒ́ g p t ξ č ć k q s σ š ś m n ŋ l r w j
  • Vowels: i/ɪ, e/ɛ, æ/a, ɨ/ə, o/ɔ, u/ʊ (i a u ī ā ū -> e a u i o ɨ; modal/stød -> ATR/RTR like glottalization > uvularization in arabic)
    • PNtg: ɪ ɛ æ a ɔ ʊ > ONtg iə eə eə a oə uə
  • ATR/RTR harmony
  • Initial stress modulo prefixes

Morphology

Pronouns

Nouns

Netagic retains cases and the dual, but the abstract gender merges into the inanimate gender.

Cases

The dative merged with the accusative with inanimate nouns.

  • nominative
  • accusative
  • genitive

ATR animates:

šullæ 'horse'
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative šullæ šullændɨ šullon
Accusative šullæj šullændɨ šullis
Genitive šullæt šullændɨmæk šullok

ATR inanimates:

šærmɨ 'stone'
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative šærmɨ šærmɨndɨ šærmot
Accusative šærmɨn šærmɨndɨ šærmis
Genitive šærmɨt šærmɨndɨmæk šærmok

RTR animates:

rʊsa 'dog'
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative rʊsa rʊsandə rʊsɔn
Accusative rʊsaj rʊsandə rʊsɪs
Genitive rʊsat rʊsandəmak rʊsɔk

RTR inanimates:

ɛpŋə 'tree'
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ɛpŋə ɛpŋəndə ɛpŋɔt
Accusative ɛpŋən ɛpŋəndə ɛpŋɪs
Genitive ɛpŋət ɛpŋəndəmak ɛpŋɔk


Pronominal suffixes

Adjectives

Paradigms

Weak paradigm: (animate/inanimate; sg, du, pl)

  • nom: ŋidæ/ŋidɨ, ŋidændæ/ŋidɨndæ, ŋidonɨ/ŋido
  • gen: ŋide/ŋidæk, (nom du)=gid ŋidi/ŋidok

Strong paradigm (rare):

Verbs

Paradigms

Tenses: present, recent past, remote past, future, imperative, conditional, potential

Conjugation of æk 'give'
Tense 1st sg. 2nd sg. 3rd sg. 1st du. 2nd du. 3rd du. 1st pl. 2nd pl. 3rd pl.
imperative - ækɨ - ækɨkæp ækɨmæp - ækɨkæ ækɨnæ -
present ækɨlli ækɨddi ækɨk ækɨkkæpi ækɨnnæpi ækɨbi ækɨkkæ ækɨnnæ ækɨš
recent past
remote past
future
conditional
potential

Prepositions

Derivation

Syntax

SOV with prepositions

Lexicon