4,298
edits
Logun: Difference between revisions
no edit summary
Jukethatbox (talk | contribs) |
Jukethatbox (talk | contribs) No edit summary |
||
| Line 47: | Line 47: | ||
| (w) || colspan=2 | l || colspan=2 | || j | | (w) || colspan=2 | l || colspan=2 | || j | ||
|} | |} | ||
It has also been proposed that /ⁿz̠/ and /ⁿs̠/ are separate phonemes, such as in ''-nja'' "genitive case marker" and '' | It has also been proposed that /ⁿz̠/ and /ⁿs̠/ are separate phonemes, such as in ''-nja'' "genitive case marker" and ''ja'' "what", though generally in these cases they are simply analysed as nasal-obstruent clusters. | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | {| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | ||
| Line 97: | Line 97: | ||
|} | |} | ||
The use of the formal third-person pronoun ''yo ngàn'' and ''ayo ngàn'' are borrowed from [[Teš]]; reanalysed from ''hī ōncan'' [[IPA for Teš|[jiː oːŋɐː]]] "this honourable minister". This also lead to the modern use of the word ''ngàn'' to mean "holy". | The use of the formal third-person pronoun ''yo ngàn'' and ''ayo ngàn'' are borrowed from [[Teš]]; reanalysed from ''hī ōncan'' [[IPA for Teš|[jiː oːŋɐː]]] "this honourable minister". This also lead to the modern use of the word ''ngàn'' to mean "holy". | ||
===Articles=== | |||
{| class=wikitable style="text-align: center;" | |||
! !! Nominative !! Accusative !! Dative !! Ablative !! Locative | |||
|- | |||
! Indefinite | |||
| ''ka'' || ''kanno'' || ''kabi'' || ''kabo'' || ''kadu'' | |||
|- | |||
! Definite | |||
| ''enka'' || ''onka'' || ''enkabi'' || ''enkabo'' || ''enkadu'' | |||
|} | |||
Articles agree with all cases apart from genitive; in the case of a genitive phrase, the article will take the case from its position in the sentence, e.g.: | |||
: ''Manya'nja bhenlok '''enka''' co ladib.'' | |||
: "The people's revolution was inevitable." | |||
In this case, the definite article is in the nominative. However, in this context: | |||
: ''Ambh pilankan manya'nja bhenlok '''onka'''.'' | |||
: "He hated the people's revolution." | |||
The article instead takes its accusative form to show its position in the sentence. | |||
===Word order=== | ===Word order=== | ||
Logun's word order changes based on the object of the sentence. For example, in nominative-accusative phrases, the word order is SVO: | Logun's word order changes based on the object of the sentence. For example, in nominative-accusative phrases, the word order is SVO: | ||