| Proto-Central-Dynic |
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| Created by | Gaffney McCoy Flancer |
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| Setting | Veyn |
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Proto-Central-Dynic is a naturalistic constructed language made for the world of Veyn Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. It is descended from Proto-Dynic, the common ancestor to the largest language family in Veyn, the Dynic family.
Morphology
Verbs
The verb template
Proto-Dynic verb template
| conjunct prefixes
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stem
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conjunct suffixes
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| 1
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2
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3a
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3b
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4
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5
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6
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7
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| direct object
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adverb
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(converb classifier)
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converb
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classifier
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subject
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stem
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auxiliary
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Subject and object marking
Pronominal inflection
| Number
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Subject
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Object
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| singular
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plural
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singular
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plural
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| 1st person
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*t- ~ *Vt- ~ *V̄-
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*w- ~ *wi- ~ *u-
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*ti- ~ *t-
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*woh-
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| 2nd person
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*n- ~ *VN-
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*bi- ~ *bi-
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*ni- ~ *n-
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*bih-
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| 3rd person
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*Ø-
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*i-
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| 4rd person
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*s- ~ *Vs-
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*ki- ~ *k-
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| Indefinite
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*a-
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*a-
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| Reflexive
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*Ø-
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*de- ~ *d-
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The Proto-Dynic personal markers gain a series of conditional allomorphs in Proto-Central-Dynic, although whether or not these changes were present and synchronic in Proto-Dynic is a matter of debate. The first person singular subject prefix has a number of different forms, for example, depending on where it appears;
- *t- : After a vowel, or word initially before a vowel; e.g. *nitmīd, *tonosi
- *Vt- : Word initially before a consonant, or between two consonants. The realisation of *V further varies depending on the environment. It may appear as a mimic vowel of the previous syllable, or if it is word initial *i- is used; **i-ac-t-mugid → *yacatmugid, **t-hur-si → *ithūri
- *V̄- : Word initially before an alveolar consonant, or between two consonants, the second being alveolar. Like show *V The realisation of *V̄ may appear as a long mimic vowel of the previous syllable, or *ī-; **ar-t-tes → *arātes, **t-daŋʷa → *īdaŋʷa
