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==Avahil== | ==Avahil== | ||
===Nouns=== | |||
Obligatory social opinion-marking on high animate nouns. | Obligatory social opinion-marking on high animate nouns. | ||
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#'''-m-''' e.g., ''asan'' ‘hunter’ → ''ãhan'' ‘(mockingly) hunterling’, ''talagan'' ‘bear’ → ''talãhan'' ‘brash, aggressive, young person’ | #'''-m-''' e.g., ''asan'' ‘hunter’ → ''ãhan'' ‘(mockingly) hunterling’, ''talagan'' ‘bear’ → ''talãhan'' ‘brash, aggressive, young person’ | ||
#:a derisive, mocking diminutive | #:a derisive, mocking diminutive | ||
Uses a falling pitch accent to mark the possessum. | Uses a falling pitch accent to mark the possessum. | ||
#This accent is put on the ‘center’ syllable of a word, e.g., ''ereyin a'''là'''na'' ‘the beloved farmer's treacherous wife’, but ''arivan '''àn'''a'' ‘the boy's mother’ | #This accent is put on the ‘center’ syllable of a word, e.g., ''ereyin a'''là'''na'' ‘the beloved farmer's treacherous wife’, but ''arivan '''àn'''a'' ‘the boy's mother’ | ||
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#:''ag-'' + ''vasan'' → ''ahavasan'' ‘head baker’ [ɑ:ʋasan] or [ɑxaʋasan] | #:''ag-'' + ''vasan'' → ''ahavasan'' ‘head baker’ [ɑ:ʋasan] or [ɑxaʋasan] | ||
===Notes on sound changes=== | ====Notes on sound changes==== | ||
#Regressive dissimilation strikes: the first '''y''' is here depalatalised to '''l''', giving ''eliyana'' [ɛliʎana] instead of expected ''*eyiyana'' [ɛʎiʎana] | #<small>Regressive dissimilation strikes: the first '''y''' is here depalatalised to '''l''', giving ''eliyana'' [ɛliʎana] instead of expected ''*eyiyana'' [ɛʎiʎana]</small> | ||
===Syntax=== | |||
Word order is VSO. | |||
==yašur ḇa aškilun== | ==yašur ḇa aškilun== | ||