Eadlan/Older draft/Netagic
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The Netagic languages are a subbranch of the Idavic family that includes Netagin. They are inspired by Uralic.
PId final *-a, *-i, *-u > PNtg *-æ/a, *-ɨ/ə, *-ɨ/ə -> Pre-Netagin *-ē, *-ë, *-ë > Old Netagin -i, -a, -a
Phonology
- Consonants: b d λ ǯ ʒ́ g p t ξ č ć k q s σ š ś m n ŋ l r w j
- Vowels: i/ɪ, e/ɛ, æ/a, ɨ/ə, o/ɔ, u/ʊ (i a u ī ā ū -> e a u i o ɨ; modal/stød -> ATR/RTR like glottalization > uvularization in arabic)
- PNtg: ɪ ɛ æ a ɔ ʊ > ONtg iə eə eə a oə uə
- ATR/RTR harmony
- Initial stress modulo prefixes
Morphology
Pronouns
Nouns
Netagic retains cases and the dual, but the abstract gender merges into the inanimate gender.
Cases
Netagic merged the dative with the genitive.
- nominative
- accusative
- genitive
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Pronominal suffixesAdjectivesParadigmsWeak paradigm: (animate/inanimate; sg, du, pl)
Strong paradigm (rare): VerbsParadigmsTenses: present, past, future, imperative, conditional, potential Auxiliaries become new tense suffixes via SOV syntax in subordinate clauses
PrepositionsDerivationSyntaxSOV with prepositions Lexicon |