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'''Old Clofabosin''' is the oldest form of [[Clofabosin]]. The dialect that borrowed loans en masse from [[Dodellian]] became Middle Clofabosin.
'''Old Clofabosin''' is the oldest attested form of [[Clofabosin]]. The dialect that borrowed loans en masse from [[Dodellian]] became Middle Clofabosin.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==

Revision as of 17:18, 11 January 2018

Old Clofabosin is the oldest attested form of Clofabosin. The dialect that borrowed loans en masse from Dodellian became Middle Clofabosin.

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Velar Labiovelar
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ [ŋ]
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/ c, k /k/ qu /kʷ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
Fricative voiceless ph, f /f/ th /θ/ s /s/
ŝ /sʰ/
ch /x/
voiced z /z/
Trill r /r/
Approximant l /l/ v /w/

Old Clofabosin had geminates, unlike modern Clofabosin: for example, 'to learn' was nibbuvir (modern nịbuvir).

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i /i/ y /y/ u /u/
Mid e /e/ o /o/
Open a /a/

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

  • -in = topic marker
  • -ol = genitive; -o = combining form
  • -ase = with
  • -one = towards

Verbs

  • -vir = present
  • -zole = past
  • -capt, -cept = future
  • -il = attributive