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Proto-Clofabic or Tamil (Proto-Clofabic: LΛŦꝨΠ ΠΔⱵ tamil lor 'same/shared/common language'; Clofabosin: methoserotin 'the people's language') is the (attested!) proto-language of the Clofabic family, which includes Clofabosin and Phormatolidin. It was spoken 2000 years before modern Clofabosin. It is a significant source of loanwords for Eevo and other Talman languages.

1: es (inanimate) / er (animate) 2: s2rib 3: s2al 4: lop 5: orβ 6: kʷib 7: tksol 8: δikʷ 9: abd 10: gaβar 11: βem 12: r2klut


Phonology

Consonants

m n p t k kʷ b d g gʷ β δ γ w s š h r ř l

Vowels

/i y u e o a/

Phonotactics

Proto-Clofabic allows very unusual clusters, such as řkl- (ex. řkloro 'big'). However, the more "unusual" clusters are allowed only word-initially. Elsewhere, the clusters are more typical of the Cysée region. (i.e. nothing I don't want in Eevo)

Orthography

  • a: Λ
  • b: Ỻ
  • k: Ǝ
  • d: X
  • e: Ʞ
  • β: Ꙟ
  • s2: Ɥ
  • g: Σ
  • i: Ꝩ
  • δ: Ꝟ
  • l: Π
  • m: Ŧ
  • n: И
  • o: Δ
  • p: Ш
  • γ: Ӈ
  • r: Ⱶ
  • s: ᖵ
  • r2: Џ
  • t: L
  • u: Ξ
  • w: Ⳙ
  • y: Ʇ
  • (x /ks/: Ɐ)

Alphabetical order: X Ⱶ Ŧ Ꙟ ᖵ Π L Σ Ӈ Ш И Ⳙ Ꝟ Ỻ Ǝ Џ Ɥ Ꝩ ꞱꞰ Λ Δ Ξ (d r1 m β s1 l t g γ p n w δ b k r2 s2 i y e a o u)

Morphology

Tamil is analytic.

Particles

  • copula: wir
  • participle: βen
  • past: r2ole
  • future: kapt
  • quotative: di
  • topic: in
  • accusative: e
  • attributive: il
  • genitive: o
  • negative: ptum
  • comparative: dguwan
  • superlative: pδeg
  • plural: -ar2
  • cohortative: ko
  • later verbal noun: at

Pronouns

end, sent, βlur, akwt, ine, βlur

Derivational morphology

Syntax

Proto-Clofabic is V2, with genitive-noun, and adjective-noun order. Tense and discourse particles are sentence-final.

Prepositions can be used in second position in a phrase (cf. "magnā cum laude")