Eadlan/Proto
< Eadlan
Nouns
Genitive~accusative case: from *=mī (sg), *=miś (pl)
- *lē̃ti > PEod *däät·ə 'man'
- t > t· due to strong gradation environment
- ē̃ > ää (creaky voice becomes RTR)
- chain shift l- > d- > z-
- r- → Ø
- ľ- → r-
lē̃ti.mī 'the man, his' > lē̃timi (final longs shorten) -> PEod däätəmə (?) -> OEod däädmë
lē̃tāmiś 'the men, their' > PEod däät·uoms > OEod däättuus
- ďābeḱi -> ruob.əjə > PEod ruob.ē
- 2isteleķi -> PEod ios.tələk
if a lot of words shaped like tVCC- or wVCC- become homophones then that might be dealt with through compounding and univerbation
Todo: Get cases
Pronouns
Rank pronouns to knock out person markers from the verb
Verbs
Syntax
Fairly topic prominent