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User:Ceige/SEA Inspired 4

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Grammar

Swadesh Vocab

Core Pronouns

  • 1s = kɯ, ŋa (PA -ku, PTK kɯ, PHM kɛŋB, PMK ʔang, PM(unda) iN)
  • 2s = mɯ (PA -mu (2p?), PT mɯŋ, maɰA, PHM muei, PMK mi(i)ʔ/h, PM om)
  • 3s:
  • n- (PA ni(-a), Viet nó, Santali (Demonst.) uni, Hlai na, W.Hmong nws)
  • a- (PA ia, Santali (anaphoric) ac'-; JP a-)
  • k- (Thai kháo, Ong Be kǝ2, Khmer koat, kei...; JP ka-)
  • "person" (cf. Lao Lāo (?))

Extra Pronouns

  • this = ni (PA i-ni, TK: (Thai níi, Shan naj), MK/AA: (Khmer nih, Mon nɔˀ, Viet này, Santali niạ, nui)
  • that = na ... (PA i-Cu? -na? TK: (Thai: nán, Lao: nān), MK/AA: (Kh nuh, Chewong nũʔ)
  • here = (see above)
  • there = (see above)
  • who = ma? mǝ?
  • what = ma? mǝ?
  • where = (Thai has mɯa rai, Shan has who = phu laɯ vs ti laɯ)
  • when = ?
  • how
(Note that Khmu has da gi: for here, da ni:ʔ for there, and then (Ø/da/ɲaːm /neo) mɤːʔ for who, where, where, when, how)
(Also note Burmese has bə m̥à (where), bə ðɔ̰ (when), bə lóʊ (how); also ma...nè and ma...bu for "not")

Quantifier of sorts

  • not = ma(w/y), m, ...
  • all =
  • many
  • some
  • few
  • other

Numbers

  • one
  • two
  • three
  • four
  • five

Adjectives

  • big = (no agreement - Sinitic Dai? TK jaɯ?)
  • long = yaw? (Thai)
  • wide = ... (Tai-Kadai kwaang, Austroasiatic hloa? lhɑɑ? PA (ma)lawas)
  • thick = ... (TK naa)

Body

  • eye = (PA maCa, PTK pta: (Thai taa, Buyang ma0 ta54), PAA(/MK) mat? (Viet mắt), PST s-mjak x s-mik, PHM tsei-maB?


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