Lakovic languages

The Tergetic languages are a language family native to Talma (Western Etalocin).

Phylogeny

• Ancient Tergetian
  • Old Windermere
    • Classical Windermere dialects
      • Modern Windermere
    • a Vietnamese-like language
    • a Scots analog
  • Modern Tergetian

Proto-Tergetic phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/				ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive	plain	p /p/	t /t/				k /k/	ʔ /ʔ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/				g /g/
	aspirated	φ /pʰ/	θ /tʰ/				χ /kʰ/
Fricative			s /s̻/	š /s̺/	ś /ɬ/			h /h/
Affricate			ts /ts̻/	tš /ts̺/	tś /tɬ/
Approximant		w /w/		r /r/	l /l/	y /j/

Vowels

Proto-Tergetic had 6 vowels and register tone:

i ü u e o a = /i y u e o a/

ì ǜ ù è ò à = low/breathy vowels

Hiatus was not allowed.

Phonotactics

Final consonant clusters were allowed, unlike in Windermere.

Proto-Tergetic morphology

Nouns

Proto-Tergetic had two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine was marked with -i.

Adjectives

Adjectives agreed with nouns in gender. For example:

• šmer toʔ = a good man (m);
• ʔamaʔ toʔi = a good mother (f)

Numbers

1. ʔadòni
2. raθi
3. stsiwi
4. msàχi
5. mʔǜtsi
6. ʔalboni
7. kàtsdi
8. lχorsi
9. φòyi
10. bìŋi
11. śaduli
12. srüχi