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e.g. ''ʾikh ħwanta natakkha'' 'I hold that great valley' (Lit. 'that great valley hold')
e.g. ''ʾikh ħwanta natakkha'' 'I hold that great valley' (Lit. 'that great valley hold')
====suffix====
=====y-suffix=====
The y-affix represents the conflation of the categories: non-present, non-past, unrealised, counterfactual, atelic, which we denote {{sc|unreal}}.
The affix will be infixed when it is so possible (glide position not occupied), else it will realise as -ay
e.g. ''takʰ'' + ''-y'' > ''taykʰ-'' but ''sawʕ'' + ''y'' > ''sawʕay''
====prefix verb extension====
====prefix verb extension====
=====s-prefix=====
=====s-prefix=====

Revision as of 03:41, 7 January 2016

Phonology

the vowels

i
             o
      a

the consonants

     t tʰ k kʰ
          s sʰ h
                  ʔ ʕ
            y w
m n

syllable

The syllable is bound:

  • C(g)V(g)(C)

where g = glide, and C = any consonant

phonological word

Additional binds:

can only end on a nasal, glide, vowel, fricative.

e.g. ~takʰ → [takkʰa]


morphophonemic

m- prefix ~n before t tʰ

sandhi

dissimilatory processes

  • Semivowel exchange:
A /w/ after /o/ will change to /j/, whilst /j/ after /i/ becomes /w/. E.g. underlying |sʰwo-wt-| → /sʰwojt/ → [sʰwojta] 'meat'
  • Semivowel dissimilation
final /w/ becomes [kʰ] when followed by another word containing /w/ in the onset. E.g. /ʔjow ʕwan/ → [ʔjokʰ‿ʕwan]

prasadī

da sentinz

  • da indicative sentinz is intoned σ31
  • da interrogative intones σ13(4)

morphology

word classes

verbs

do not inflect for subject

e.g. ʾikh ħwanta natakkha 'I hold that great valley' (Lit. 'that great valley hold')

suffix

y-suffix

The y-affix represents the conflation of the categories: non-present, non-past, unrealised, counterfactual, atelic, which we denote unreal. The affix will be infixed when it is so possible (glide position not occupied), else it will realise as -ay e.g. takʰ + -y > taykʰ- but sawʕ + y > sawʕay

prefix verb extension

s-prefix
h-prefix
m-prefix

stative

determiners

prox. dist.
ʾakh ʾikh

nomina

-t-

augments da nomen

-n-

intensifies da meaning

-sʰ-

dat be a tool

reduplication

reduplication as copulative

creates copulative form, e.g. yow 'shade' → yoyow '(Y) is shade'

syntax

noun phrasis

compounding

  • head-final

e.g. ʾyow tha 'speech of the shaded valley' (short for ʾyow ħwan tha lit. 'shade dale word')