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==History== | |||
* As a result of collapsing of the different gendered endings for case inflections, the case system became significantly more [[w:agglutination|agglutinative]], requiring the gender and case suffixes to be attached to the noun separately. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Proto- | Proto-Owina possessed the following consonants: | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Nasal | ! colspan="2" | | ||
! Labial | |||
! Alveolar | |||
! Palato-<br>alveolar | |||
! Velar | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="2" | Nasal | |||
| *'''m''' /m/ | | *'''m''' /m/ | ||
| *'''n''' /n/ | | *'''n''' /n/ | ||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="3" | Plosive | |||
! Voiceless | |||
| *'''p''' /p/ | |||
| *'''t''' /t/ | |||
| | |||
| *'''k''' /k/ | |||
|- | |||
! Voiced | |||
| | |||
| *'''d''' /d/ | |||
| | |||
| *'''g''' /g/ | |||
|- | |||
! Aspirated | |||
| *'''ph''' /pʰ/ | |||
| *'''th''' /tʰ/ | |||
| | |||
| *'''kh''' /kʰ/ | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="2" | Fricative | |||
! Voiceless | |||
| *'''f''' /f/ | |||
| *'''s''' /s/ | |||
| *'''sh''' /ʃ/ | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |||
! Voiced | |||
| *'''v''' /v/ | |||
| | |||
| *'''j''' /ʒ/ | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! rowspan="3" | Affricate | |||
! Voiced | |||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
| *''' | | *'''dj''' /d͡ʒ/ | ||
| | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Voiceless | ||
| *''' | | | ||
| *''' | | | ||
| *'''ch''' /t͡ʃ/ | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! Aspirated | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| *'''cch''' /t͡ʃʰ/ | |||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! colspan="2" | Approximant | ||
| | | *'''w''' /w/ | ||
| *''' | | *'''l''' /l/ | ||
| *''' | |||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! colspan="2" | Flap/Trill | ||
| | |||
| *'''r''' /r/ | |||
| | | | ||
| | | | ||
|} | |} | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
The following | The following vowel phonemes are used: | ||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 20px;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center; border-spacing: 20px;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! | ||
! Front | ! Front | ||
! Central | ! Central | ||
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! High | ! High | ||
| *'''i''' /i/ | | *'''i''' /i/ | ||
| *'''u''' /ʉ/ | |||
| *'''u''' / | | | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Mid-high | ! Mid-high | ||
| *'''e''' /e/ | | *'''e''' /e/ | ||
| | | | ||
| *'''o''' /o/ | | *'''o''' /o/ | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Mid | ||
| | | | ||
| *'''y''' /ə/ | |||
| | | | ||
| *''' | |- | ||
! Mid-low | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| *'''ø''' /ɔ/ | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Low | ! Low | ||
| | | | ||
| *'''a''' / | | *'''a''' /a/ | ||
| | | | ||
|} | |} | ||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
===Pronouns=== | |||
The following pronouns were used: | |||
=== | |||
The following | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
!rowspan=" | !rowspan="4" | | ||
|- | |- | ||
!colspan="2" | 1st | !colspan="2" | 1st | ||
!colspan="2" | 2nd | !colspan="2" | 2nd | ||
!colspan="2" | | !colspan="8" | 3rd | ||
!colspan="2" | | |- | ||
!colspan="2" | | ! rowspan="2" | Sing. | ||
!colspan="2" | | ! rowspan="2" | Pl. | ||
! rowspan="2" | Sing. | |||
! rowspan="2" | Pl. | |||
! colspan="4" | Sing. | |||
! colspan="4" | Pl. | |||
|- | |||
! Masc. | |||
! Neut. | |||
! Fem. | |||
! Them. | |||
! Masc. | |||
! Neut. | |||
! Fem. | |||
! Them. | |||
|- | |||
! Nominative | |||
| ''*shig'' | |||
| ''*e'' | |||
| ''*far'' | |||
| ''*ja'' | |||
| ''*su'' | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''*tud'' | |||
| ''*sir'' | |||
| ''*ris'' | |||
| ''*tuj'' | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''*tur'' | |||
| ''*tiraj'' | |||
| ''*rini'' | |||
|- | |||
! Accusative | |||
| ''*amí'' | |||
| ''*esmí'' | |||
| ''*fí'' | |||
| ''*vosí'' | |||
| ''*tum'' | |||
| ''*tir'' | |||
| ''*rim'' | |||
| ''*tuns'' | |||
| ''*tires'' | |||
| ''*rines'' | |||
|- | |||
! Genitive | |||
| ''*míne'' | |||
| ''*eso'' | |||
| ''*tíve'' | |||
| ''*shøso'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''*søfó'' | |||
| ''*iser'' | |||
| ''*rincho'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''*tisom'' | |||
| ''*tirom'' | |||
| ''*rinom'' | |||
|- | |||
! Dative | |||
| ''*mísho'' | |||
| ''*esmej'' | |||
| ''*phájo'' | |||
| ''*fasmej'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''*smój'' | |||
| ''*rij'' | |||
| ''*rinej'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''*tujmø'' | |||
| ''*timø'' | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''*rimos'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Ablative | ||
| ''*míd'' | |||
| ''*esmed'' | |||
| ''*fíd'' | |||
| ''*fasmed'' | |||
| colspan="3" | ''*smód'' | |||
| ''*rind'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''*tujos'' | |||
| ''*turos'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Locative | ||
| ''* | | rowspan="2" | ''*muáj'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*esmaj'' | ||
| ''* | | rowspan="2" | ''*tuáj'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*fasmaj'' | ||
| | | colspan="2" | ''*smaj'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*raj'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*rinch'' | ||
| ''* | | colspan="2" | ''*chø'' | ||
| | | ''*tichø'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*rinchø'' | ||
| ''* | |||
| ''* | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Instrumental | ||
| ''* | | ''*esmáj'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*fasmo'' | ||
| | | colspan="3" | ''*tuj'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*rinar'' | ||
| ''* | | colspan="2" | ''*tushphaj'' | ||
| | | ''*tiphaj'' | ||
| ''*rinash'' | |||
| ''* | |||
| ''* | |||
| ''* | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Comitative | ||
| ''* | | ''*amík'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*esmík'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*fík'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*vosík'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*tyrom'' | ||
| | | colspan="2" | ''*turom'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*rimom'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*tunsom'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*turom'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*tirsom'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*rinsom'' | ||
| ''* | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Illative | ||
| ''* | | ''*míshor'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*esmen'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*phájor'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*fasmen'' | ||
| | | colspan="2" | ''*smósh'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*shin'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*rinchar'' | ||
| ''* | | colspan="2" | ''*tujman'' | ||
| | | ''*turon'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*rinchen'' | ||
| ''* | |||
| ''* | |||
|} | |} | ||
====Case declension==== | |||
Nouns and adjectives were declined for case, number, and gender. The cases were identical for both the nouns and the adjectives. | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
! rowspan=" | ! rowspan="3" | | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! colspan="4" | Singular | ||
! | ! colspan="4" | Plural | ||
! | |- | ||
! | ! Masc. | ||
! Neut. | |||
! Fem. | |||
! Them. | |||
! Masc. | |||
! Neut. | |||
! Fem. | |||
! Them. | |||
|- | |- | ||
! Nominative | ! Nominative | ||
| | | ''*-(a)m'' | ||
| ''*-a'' | | ''*-∅/-y'' | ||
| ''*- | | ''*-(a)s'' | ||
| ''*- | | ''*-(a)sh'' | ||
| ''*-∅/-y'' | |||
| rowspan="2" | ''*-(a)r'' | |||
| ''*-(y)sh'' | |||
| ''*-∅/-y'' | |||
|- | |||
! Accusative | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(a)m'' | |||
| ''*-(e)s'' | |||
| colspan="2" | ''*-(e)s'' | |||
|- | |||
! Genitive (inalienable) | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(a)s'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(s)om'' | |||
|- | |||
! Genitive (alienable) | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-sho'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-shom'' | |||
|- | |||
! Dative | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(y)j'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-mos'' | |||
|- | |||
! Ablative | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(a)d'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-dom'' | |||
|- | |||
! Adessive | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(j)ej'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-sø'' | |||
|- | |||
! Inessive | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(j)aj'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-jom'' | |||
|- | |||
! Instrumental | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(a)r'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-phaj'' | |||
|- | |||
! Comitative | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-(i)k'' | |||
| colspan="4" | ''*-kom'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | ! Illative | ||
| | | colspan="4" | ''*-shar'' | ||
| ''*- | | colspan="4" | ''*-shen'' | ||
| | |||
| ''*- | |||
|} | |} | ||
Except for the plural in the accusative, cases were "stacked" on top of the nominative gender endings to explicitly indicate both gender, number, and case. | |||
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>''pipi-sh-'''as''''' | |||
:chick-THEM.SG-GEN.INAL.SG | |||
:the chick's | |||
:<nowiki>*</nowiki>''pipi-∅-'''som''' | |||
:chick-THEM.PL-GEN.INAL.PL | |||
:the chicks' | |||
===Verb phrases=== | |||
====Person/number conjugation==== | |||
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | {| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;" | ||
|- | |- | ||
!rowspan=" | !rowspan="4" | | ||
|- | |||
!colspan="6" | Athematic | |||
!colspan="6" | Thematic | |||
|- | |- | ||
!colspan="2" | 1st | |||
!colspan="2" | 2nd | |||
!colspan="2" | 3rd | |||
!colspan="2" | 1st | !colspan="2" | 1st | ||
!colspan="2" | 2nd | !colspan="2" | 2nd | ||
!colspan="2" | 3rd | !colspan="2" | 3rd | ||
|- | |- | ||
! Sing. | |||
! Pl. | |||
! Sing. | |||
! Pl. | |||
! Sing. | |||
! Pl. | |||
! Sing. | ! Sing. | ||
! Pl. | ! Pl. | ||
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! Pl. | ! Pl. | ||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Past | ||
| ''* | | ''*-ø'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-ømí'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-as'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-etí'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-a'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-and'' | ||
| ''*-om'' | |||
| ''*-ome'' | |||
| ''*-es'' | |||
| ''*-ete'' | |||
| ''*-ed'' | |||
| ''*-ond'' | |||
|- | |- | ||
! | !Present | ||
| ''* | | ''*-ma'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-mos'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-sa'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-te'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-ta'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-ach'' | ||
| ''*-o'' | |||
| ''*-om'' | |||
| ''* | | ''*-ash'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-et'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-omo'' | ||
| ''* | | ''*-och'' | ||
| ''* | |||
| ''* | |||
|} | |} | ||
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