Phrygian (Semitic): Difference between revisions

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Like other Semitic languages, Phrygian relies on [[w:Nonconcatenative morphology|nonconcatenative morphology]], inserting roots of three or more consonants that carry basic meanings into discontinuous patterns for all sorts of grammatical purposes. For example, from the root {{vry-times||◌̔-ƞ-c}} (''h-p-s, "relating to speaking and vocalizing"'') can be derived:
Like other Semitic languages, Phrygian relies on [[w:Nonconcatenative morphology|nonconcatenative morphology]], inserting roots of three or more consonants that carry basic meanings into discontinuous patterns for all sorts of grammatical purposes. For example, from the root {{vry-times||◌̔-ƞ-c}} (''h-p-s, "relating to speaking and vocalizing"'') can be derived:
*{{vry-times||ɛ̔ƞcóı}} ''hepsú, "it was spoken"''
*{{vry-times||ɛ̔ƞcóı}}, ''hepsú'' (''"it was spoken"'')
*{{vry-times||ɛ̔ƞocɛү}} ''héposen, "I must speak"''
*{{vry-times||ɛ̔ƞocɛү}}, ''héposen'' (''"I must speak"'')
*{{vry-times||ɑ̔ƞɛc}} ''hápes, "speaker"''
*{{vry-times||ɑ̔ƞɛc}}, ''hápes'' (''"speaker"'')
*{{vry-times||ɑ̔ƞcɛɜ}} ''hápsesj, "loudspeaker"''
*{{vry-times||ɑ̔ƞcɛɜ}}, ''hápsesj'' (''"loudspeaker"'')
*{{vry-times||ɛ̔ƞɑ́cɛɜ}} ''hepásesj, "speech"''
*{{vry-times||ɛ̔ƞɑ́cɛɜ}}, ''hepásesj'' (''"speech"'')
*{{vry-times||o̔ƞc}} ''hops, "word"''
*{{vry-times||o̔ƞc}}, ''hops'' (''"word"'''')


===Nominals===
===Nominals===
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Phrygian frequently drops nominative pronouns with non-past verbal constructions, but not with past verbal constructions:
Phrygian frequently drops nominative pronouns with non-past verbal constructions, but not with past verbal constructions:
*{{vry-times|ᴄ|oıƞ pɛ́o̔‛ ıoı}}, ''Sup réhoh iu'' (''"I will see it", pronoun dropped'')
*{{vry-times|'''ᴇ'''|'''үɑ́''' pɛ́ɛ̔ ıoı}}, '''''Ená''' réhe iu'' (''"'''I''' saw it", pronoun kept'')


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