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== Grammar ==
== Grammar ==
=== Pronouns ===
=== Pronouns ===
* 1sg: ''ni(ch)'' (indep); ''-i'' (possessive or prep.); ''-ni'' (direct object)
* 1sg: ''nůch''/''ni(ch)'' (indep); ''-i'' (possessive or prep.); ''-ni'' (direct object)
* 2sg.m: ''atho'' (indep); ''-cho'' (oblique)
* 2sg.m: ''atho'' (indep); ''-cho'' (oblique)
* 2sg.f: ''ethy'' (indep); ''-chy'' (oblique)
* 2sg.f: ''ethy'' (indep); ''-chy'' (oblique)

Revision as of 01:45, 11 May 2026

Stress shifts away from final by one foot; this stress shift happens at the same time as the Welsh penultimate stress shift and leads to umlaut downstream

Phonology

Knench New Quantity System

Gemination is lost at this point, with the information transferring to the preceding vowel

Grammar

Pronouns

  • 1sg: nůch/ni(ch) (indep); -i (possessive or prep.); -ni (direct object)
  • 2sg.m: atho (indep); -cho (oblique)
  • 2sg.f: ethy (indep); -chy (oblique)
  • 3sg.m: ḧi (indep); (oblique)
  • 3sg.f: ḧi (indep); -oho (oblique)
  • 1pl: nanu (indep); -nu (oblique)
  • 2pl: ethym (indep); -chym (oblique)
  • 3pl: hym (?) (indep); -em (?) (oblique)