Heleasic
| Heleasic | |
|---|---|
| Hipertonìk glå̂s | |
| Pronunciation | [/hɪpəɹtonɪ̀k glɑ̂s/] |
| Created by | IlL |
| Setting | Lõis |
| Native to | Thiudland |
| Native speakers | 90 million (2015) |
Indo-European
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Hyper-tonal Hellenic is a tonal descendant of Ancient Greek spoken in Lõis's India, inspired by Khmer, Hebrew and English. It has final stress and 3 tones.
Diachronics
When should stress shift occur? Only certain endings should drop: (-ος, -α, -ον should drop)
pterón > ftèɹ 'wing'
xērós > sʰæ̀ɹ 'dry'
théma > tʰém 'thing'; pl. thémata > tʰémàt > tʰɪmât 'things'
Phonology
Consonants
/p b pʰ f t d tʰ k g kʰ m n l ɹ s sʰ z/
Vowels
/ɐ ɛ o ɪ ə ɑ æ e i u y iə uə ai ei au ou əɹ æɹ ɒɹ eɹ iɹ yɹ ʊɹ/
Only /ə əɹ o ɪ/ may occur in unstressed syllables.
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.