Šinax Netagin
Modern Vernacular Netagin (VNtg) exists in a state of diglossia with Modern Standard Netagin (MSNtg). It exists in a sprachbund with Shalaian, 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 -mik (< 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 others when it's wrong.
CNtg my becomes an oblique case marker, prepositions form from relational nouns
Derivation
Poetry
Folk Netagin "piyyutim" use the same rhyming criteria as Classical Netagin "piyyutim", but they use weight-agnostic meters and are composed in Vernacular Netagin.