Indevroplu: Difference between revisions
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===Agglutination=== | ===Agglutination=== | ||
Indeyivroplu | Indeyivroplu employs a frequent usage of agglutination. In the creation of the language, there was a preference towards forming new words using existing word stems rather than directly loaning the foreign word. | ||
When making compound words there is no infix inserted, so morphemes are simply placed unedited after each other, with only the final | When making compound words there is no infix inserted, so morphemes are simply placed unedited after each other, with only the final morpheme being inflected. | ||
# '''fligmuku''' ''("bat")'' = flig.a + muk.u ''("flying" + "rat")'' | # '''fligmuku''' ''("bat")'' = flig.a + muk.u ''("flying" + "rat")'' | ||
# '''kajskorxonu''' ''("laboratory")'' = kajs.u + kor.ir + xon.u ''("trial" + "to work" + "house")'' | # '''kajskorxonu''' ''("laboratory")'' = kajs.u + kor.ir + xon.u ''("trial" + "to work" + "house")'' | ||
# '''abrelektrgodir''' ''("lightning strike" (v.))'' = abr.u + elektr. | # '''abrelektrgodir''' ''("lightning strike" (v.))'' = abr.u + elektr.a + god.ir ''("cloud" + "electric" + "to hit")'' | ||
The only case where a single morpheme in a word is ever changed in form is for the 28 total ''"ghost-syllable"'' morphemes, named so because they consist of a syllable onset followed by -'''ë''' in all positions except word-finally, where ''-ë'' disappears. They are: '''d, dj, dzm, fr, | The only case where a single morpheme in a word is ever changed in form is for the 28 total ''"ghost-syllable"'' morphemes, named so because they consist of a syllable onset followed by -'''ë''' in all positions except word-finally, where ''-ë'' disappears. They are: '''d, dj, dzm, fr, fsj, g, h, j, k, l, m, n, p, pr, s, sr, st, sj, šp, t, tr, tš, v, vj, xf, zg, ž, žm'''. | ||
# '''''stë'''.ob.ronir'' "surf" versus ''on.'''st'''i'' "then" (as opposed to ''on.stë.i'') | # '''''stë'''.ob.ronir'' "surf" versus ''on.'''st'''i'' "then" (as opposed to ''on.stë.i'') | ||