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Tumacan is the most grammatically conservative surviving descendant of Old Eevo; it's spoken in the island nation of Tumaca (Ṭummaqa).
Idea
"Hiberno-Arabic" aesthetic (emphatic vs. palatalized; predominantly a á i í u ú; weight-sensitive stress; no gemination, tho). Basically it will sound a lot like Varquun.
- Epenthesize initial clusters. Ex. Then. briHants > OEe bríong, in bhríong > Tum barîng, am-varîng "bivalve mollusk"
- Final -ach becomes -ah as in Eevo.
Consonants (doubled = phar'zed)
ṗ p ḅ b ṃ m f̣ f ṿ v ṭ t ḍ d ṣ s ṣ z q ch g j kh sh gh y ng ñ ħ h ḷ l ṛ r ṇ n
Vowels:
a â i î u û ê ô ay aw
Phonology
Morphology
Pronouns
Nouns
Cases
Two numbers:
- singular
- plural
Each of these two numbers have the following forms:
- nominative absolute
- genitive absolute
- construct
Definite article and its mutations
The definite article is an- in both numbers; it becomes am-/aṃ- before a labial and aC- before another coronal.
masculine (eclipsis): toṁair > ṭuṿar 'a knot'; in ⁿtoṁair > aḍ-ḍuṿar 'the knot'
feminine (lenition): dé 'a female animal' > dê 'a cow'; in ḋé 'the female animal' > az-zê 'the cow'
neuter: blann > ḅaḷâṇ 'a room'; in blann > aṃ-ḅaḷâṇ 'the room'
Adjectives
Verbs
b-prefixation
This is used when the verb has a definite direct object.
It is realized as:
- lenition when the verb begins in a lenitable consonant
- b- when the verb begins in a vowel
Present
- ṃuḷ-ana = I thank
- ṃuḷ-ar = thou thankest
- ṃuḷ-av = he thanks
- ṃuḷ-ê = she thanks
- ṃuḷ-∅ = it thanks, [noun] thanks
- ṃuḷ-avah = we (exc.) thank
- ṃuḷ-ad = we (inc.) thank
- ṃuḷ-ah = ye thank
- ṃuḷ-az = they thank
Preterite
- ṃuḷ-azna = I thanked
- ṃuḷ-î = thou thanked
- ṃuḷ-âm = he thanked
- ṃuḷ-âs = she thanked
- ṃuḷ-â = it thanked, [noun] thanked
- ṃuḷ-avaṛ = we (exc.) thanked
- ṃuḷ-adaṛ = we (inc.) thanked
- ṃuḷ-akhaṛ = ye thanked
- ṃuḷ-azaṛ = they thanked
Future
- ṃuḷ-ṭana = I thank
- ṃuḷ-ṭar = thou thankest
- ṃuḷ-ṭav = he thanks
- ṃuḷ-ṭê = she thanks
- ṃuḷ-ṭ = it thanks, [noun] thanks
- ṃuḷ-ṭavah = we (exc.) thank
- ṃuḷ-ṭad = we (inc.) thank
- ṃuḷ-ṭah = ye thank
- ṃuḷ-ṭaz = they thank