Heleasic

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Hyper-tonal Hellenic is a tonal descendant of Ancient Greek spoken in Lõis's India. It has final stress and 3 tones.

Diachronics

When should stress shift occur? Only certain endings should drop: (-ος, -α, -ον should drop)

pterón > ftɛ̀ː 'wing'

xērós > sʰæ̀ː 'dry'

théma > tʰém 'thing'; pl. thémata > tʰémàt > tʰɪmât 'things'

Phonology

Vowels

/a ɛ o ɪ ə ɑ æ e i u y iə uə ai ei au ou/

Tones

Hyper-tonal Hellenic has 3 tones: high, low and falling.

Morphology

Nouns

Declension

Cases: Nominative and oblique; no gender

NOM: ἄνθρωπος > əntʰrôːp; ἄνθρωποι > əntʰropì

OBL: ἀνθρώπου > əntʰropû; ἀνθρώπων > əntʰropɑ̂n

Adjectives

Verbs

Verbs are inflected for person but are not pro-drop.