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[[ | [[Lăcoaf/Lexicon]] | ||
[[ | [[Lăcoaf/Swadesh list]] | ||
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''' | '''Lăcoaf''' (''brits Lăcoaf'' /brits ʟəkoəv/) is a conlang based on similarities between Hebrew and Mon-Khmer languages, such as final stress, minor syllables and overall head-initial syntax. | ||
==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Windermere was originally created by [[User:Praimhín|Praimhín]] for the [[Fifth Linguifex Relay]]. It is currently being revived and adapted for [[Verse:Tricin]] as a classical language of Talma. This version will also be more synthetic than the original creator envisioned. | Lăcoaf (originally named Windermere) was originally created by [[User:Praimhín|Praimhín]] for the [[Fifth Linguifex Relay]]. It is currently being revived and adapted for [[Verse:Tricin]] as a classical language of Talma. This version will also be more synthetic than the original creator envisioned. | ||
==Todo== | ==Todo== | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Lăcoaf morphology is exclusively prefixing and infixing. | |||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
''im-'' is used as the plural prefix. | ''im-'' is used as the plural prefix. | ||
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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
Lăcoaf verbs inflect for mood, aspect, and trigger/voice, but not for tense. (Daughter languages use periphrastic constructions for tense, and use aspect and trigger affixes derivationally.) | |||
The trigger system is a Tagalog-style trigger system, with the focus on the direct case argument. | The trigger system is a Tagalog-style trigger system, with the focus on the direct case argument. | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
The basic word order of | The basic word order of Lăcoaf is DIRECT-VERB-INDIRECT - if there is no direct case argument for the trigger to act upon then the word order is VERB-INDIRECT. This should help promote the "focus-first"/"predicate-first" word order in Eevo. | ||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== |
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