Śinax Netagin
Modern Vernacular Netagin (VNtg) exists in a state of diglossia with Modern Standard Netagin (MSNtg). It exists in a sprachbund with Modern Windermere, Gwnax and other Bjeheondian languages.
Grammatical changes from Classical Netagin include:
- SAuxVO word order
- Loss of grammatical gender
- Loss of verbal binyan inflection, and use of verb-derived nouns (both old verbal nouns and less direct derivations, including reborrowings from CNtg) as verbs
- Relative clauses are resumptive
- As a result of Jespersen's cycle, negation uses a negative absolutive marker dean derived from the Classical connegative determiner de.
- SEA style serial verbs
- Emphatic -nk (< miek)
Modern Netagin people usually have Classical Netagin names
This article treats Bjeheondian Netagin; Tumhanian Netagin is tonal or Khmerized.
Phonology
Parts of speech
Pronouns
VNtg has only one set of pronouns.
| 1sg | 2sg | 3sg | 1pl | 2pl | 3pl | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| m. | f. | n. | exclusive | inclusive | ||||
| li | dů | naj | nas | nis | ťů | ťiem | nybi | nus |
Syntax
Present tense: subject + ha + verb + object (the verb is usually etymologically a VN)
- Li dean ha qyšnaz, xambe kve ha qalůť.
- 1SG NEG PRES obey, when that PRES bad
- I do not obey when it's wrong.