Azalic
Azalic is an imagined Indo-European branch, intended to serve as an alternate possible diachronics of the English language.
The name Azalic is a Persian cognate of Wngoil /ˈəngojl/, the legendary mother of the Azalic people (cognate of Ahalyā in Hindu mythology).
Family tree
- Azalic
- Time Traveler English
- Khuômiskh
- a living Proto-Azalic
Phonology
Inspirations: Vietnamese, Armenian, literally read Irish
m n bh dh gh g̊h p t c c̊ ph th ch c̊h f þ h h̊ s z l r y v
m n bʰ dʰ gʰ gʷʰ p t k kʷ pʰ tʰ kʰ kʷʰ f θ x xw s z l r j w
Vowels: e i o u a é í ó ú oe aw eo ou ieu ia ua /e i o u ə e: i: o: u: oe əɨ eo əu iəu iə uə/ + offglides in -i; allophonic Open Syllable Lengthening
Reflexes:
- oi > uə
- iH > i:
- ei > oə, sometimes iə
- ē > e:
- e, i > e, i
- uH > u:
- u > u (needs umlaut)
- ou > əɨ
- eu > əɨ (iəu in some words)
- o > o (needs umlaut)
- oH, eh2, eh3 > əu
- enC > oeC
- onC > əuC
- nC > eoC
h1oinos, dwoh1, treyes, kwetwores, penkwe, sweks, septm, oktōw, h₁néwn̥, deḱm -> xuən, təu, tʰriə~tʰre:, pʰoþur, pʰoəxw, seks, sefn, oxʰtəu, nəɨn, texn~te:n
huon, tou, thré, phoṫur, phoeh̊, secs, seṗn, ohtou, nawn, tehn/tén
h₃nómṇ > *nomə > L-MidE name > name
Grammar
Nouns
Proto-Azalic had a highly eroded case system. The notation (i) denotes "i-umlaut" or a j-offglide on the nucleus.
- dir. -0, (i)
- voc. (i), (i)
- obl. (i)~(i)-ə~ə, -su
- gen. -is, (i)-is~-ə
- lat. -ther, (no pl)
| wəlqh 'wolf' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | wəlqh | wəilqh |
| Vocative | wəilqh | wəilqh |
| Genitive | wəlqhəis | wəilqhis, wəlqhə |
| Oblique | wəilqhə | wəilqhsu |
| Lative | wəlqhthir | - |
| ghous 'goose' | ||
|---|---|---|
| Case | Singular | Plural |
| Nominative | ghous | ghouis |
| Vocative | ghouis | ghouis |
| Genitive | ghousəis | ghouisis, ghousə |
| Oblique | ghouis | ghoussu |
| Lative | ghousthir | - |
Adjectives
Adjectives were uninflected, because they were split off from adjective-noun compounds.
Verbs
Verb tenses were relatively complex, but the personal affixes were restructured.
the pronouns are the usual English ones plus *swe
when the subject is nominal singular, "he", "she" or "it", the "swe" is required for verbal agreement
the 2sg and 3sg distal pronouns are number neutral so they don't need *swe
- Imperfective (the source of the English nonpast): e-grade or otherwise the unmarked form of the verb
- Perfective (the source of the English past): o-grade or -d from -tós
- Aorist: sigmatic aorist
- Future: sigmatic future
- Active participle: -ent
- Passive participle: zero-grade with -n from -nós, or -d from -tós