Eadlan/Older draft/Netagic

The Netagic languages are a subbranch of the Idavic family that includes Netagin. They are inspired by Uralic.

PId final *-a, *-i, *-u > PNtg *-æ/a, *-ɨ/ə, *-ɨ/ə -> Pre-Netagin *-ē, *-ë, *-ë > Old Netagin -i, -a, -a

Phonology

• Consonants: b d λ ǯ ʒ́ g p t ξ č ć k q s σ š ś m n ŋ l r w j
• Vowels: i/ɪ, e/ɛ, æ/a, ɨ/ə, o/ɔ, u/ʊ (i a u ī ā ū -> e a u i o ɨ; modal/stød -> ATR/RTR like glottalization > uvularization in arabic)
  • PNtg: ɪ ɛ æ a ɔ ʊ > ONtg iə eə eə a oə uə
• ATR/RTR harmony
• Initial stress modulo prefixes

Morphology

Nouns

Netagic retains cases and the dual, but the abstract gender merges into the inanimate gender.

Cases

The dative merged with the accusative with inanimate nouns.

• nominative
• accusative
• genitive

ATR animates:

šullæ 'horse'

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	šullæ	šullændɨ	šullon
Accusative	šullæj	šullændɨ	šullik
Genitive	šullæt	šullændɨmæk	šullis

ATR inanimates:

šærmɨ 'stone'

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	šærmɨ	šærmɨndɨ	šærmot
Accusative	šærmɨn	šærmɨndɨ	šærmis
Genitive	šærmɨt	šærmɨndɨmæk	šærmok

RTR animates:

rʊsa 'dog'

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	rʊsa	rʊsandə	rʊsɔn
Accusative	rʊsaj	rʊsandə	rʊsɪs
Genitive	rʊsat	rʊsandəmak	rʊsɔk

RTR inanimates:

ɛpŋə 'tree'

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	ɛpŋə	ɛpŋəndə	ɛpŋɔt
Accusative	ɛpŋən	ɛpŋəndə	ɛpŋɪs
Genitive	ɛpŋət	ɛpŋəndəmak	ɛpŋɔk

Adjectives

Paradigms

Weak paradigm: (animate/inanimate; sg, du, pl)

• nom: ŋidæ/ŋidɨ, ŋidændæ/ŋidɨndæ, ŋidonɨ/ŋido
• gen: ŋide/ŋidæk, (nom du)=gid ŋidi/ŋidok

Strong paradigm (rare):

Verbs

Paradigms

Tenses: present, past, future, imperative, conditional, potential

Auxiliaries become new tense suffixes via SOV syntax in subordinate clauses

	weak-unprefixed	weak-prefixed	strong-unprefixed	strong-prefixed
imperative	kadī́r!	kadī́r dal!	ʔakʷ!	ʔakʷ nuš!
imperfect	kadī́rik	dal·kadī́r	ʔákʷik	nuš·ʔákʷ
active participle	kadī́riškʷ-	dal·kadī́riškʷ-	ʔákʷiškʷ-	nuš·ʔákʷiškʷ-
passive participle	ʔa·kadirī́n-	dálʔa·kadirī́n-	ʔa·ʔúkʷč-	núšʔa·ʔúkʷč-
infinitive	kadī́rti	dálkadirti	ʔā́kʷi~ʔãkʷi~ʔā̃kʷi~ʔíkʷi	núšʔakʷi, núšʔəkʷi, etc.
zu-infinitive	mi·kadī́rti	dálmikadirti	mi·ʔā́kʷi~mi·ʔãkʷi~mi·ʔā̃kʷi	núšmiʔakʷi, núšʔəkʷi, etc.
zu-participle	mi·kadī́riškʷ-	dálmikadiriškʷ-	mi·ʔákʷiškʷ-	núšmiʔakʷiškʷ-

Syntax

SOV with prepositions