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Urheimat: [[Lõis]]'s Afghanistan
Urheimat: [[Lõis]]'s Afghanistan


==Phylogeny==
*Central Camalic
**[[An Bhlaoighne]]
**[[L-Arabic]]
*Peripheral Camalic
**Ancient [[Padmanābha]]
***Modern [[Padmanābha]]
**Camalanàbha
==Phonology==
Proto-Camalic had the following phonemes:  
Proto-Camalic had the following phonemes:  


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*contrastive stød
*contrastive stød


Proto-Camalic was most likely SOV.
==Syntax==
Proto-Camalic was most likely SOV, and had prefix and suffix conjugations.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
===Nouns===


Proto-Camalic had three grammatical genders:
Proto-Camalic had three grammatical genders:
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*caland
*caland


The caland gender was made up of nouns that resulted from nominalized participles and adjectives and consisted of both animate nouns (e.g. names of professions) and inanimate nouns. Abstract nouns are usually caland.
The caland gender was made up of nouns that resulted from nominalized participles and adjectives and consisted of both animate nouns (e.g. names of professions) and inanimate nouns. Abstract nouns were usually caland.


There were also three grammatical cases: agentive/instrumental, patientive and genitive. The agentive case was marked with the particle *la~li (believed to be cognate with Semitic *li- "to" and Indo-European *-(t/dʰ)lom ~ *-(t/dʰ)lis). In [[L-Arabic]] that evolved into a prefix ''a- ~ al-''. The genitive case was marked with the particle *i. In Central Camalic (e.g. [[An Bhlaoighne]] and [[L-Arabic]]), influenced by Indo-European and Semitic languages, the case particles are preposed while in Peripheral Camalic (e.g. [[Padmanābha]]), the particles evolved into suffixes in a more typically Eurasian nom-acc system.
There were also three grammatical cases: agentive/instrumental, patientive and genitive. The agentive case was marked with the particle *la~li (believed to be [[Verse:Lõis/Linguistic theories/ISC|cognate]] with Semitic *li- "to" and Indo-European *-(t/dʰ)lom ~ *-(t/dʰ)lis). In [[L-Arabic]] that evolved into a prefix ''a- ~ al-''. The genitive case was marked with the particle *i. In Central Camalic (e.g. [[An Bhlaoighne]] and [[L-Arabic]]), influenced by Indo-European and Semitic languages, the case particles are preposed while in Peripheral Camalic (e.g. [[Padmanābha]]), the particles evolved into suffixes in a more typically Eurasian nom-acc system.


Proto-Camalic also had an extensive array of derivational affixes.
Proto-Camalic also had an extensive array of derivational affixes.


The definite article in Proto-Camalic is *sa.
The definite article in Proto-Camalic was *sa.
 
===Adjectives===
 
Proto-Camalic didn't have adjectives as a distinct part of speech. Most adjectives in other Camalic languages derive from verbs in Proto-Camalic though some are derived from nouns (e.g. nisba/Hoffmann's).
 
===Verbs===
 
Some kind of stress-induced ablaut/lengthening?
 
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Revision as of 14:09, 8 February 2021

Urheimat: Lõis's Afghanistan

Phylogeny

Phonology

Proto-Camalic had the following phonemes:

  • a i u ā ī ū ai au ia ua
  • p b t d ts k g m n ŋ s θ~ʂ z ð~ʐ ɬ l r w y h
  • contrastive stød

Syntax

Proto-Camalic was most likely SOV, and had prefix and suffix conjugations.

Morphology

Nouns

Proto-Camalic had three grammatical genders:

  • animate
  • inanimate
  • caland

The caland gender was made up of nouns that resulted from nominalized participles and adjectives and consisted of both animate nouns (e.g. names of professions) and inanimate nouns. Abstract nouns were usually caland.

There were also three grammatical cases: agentive/instrumental, patientive and genitive. The agentive case was marked with the particle *la~li (believed to be cognate with Semitic *li- "to" and Indo-European *-(t/dʰ)lom ~ *-(t/dʰ)lis). In L-Arabic that evolved into a prefix a- ~ al-. The genitive case was marked with the particle *i. In Central Camalic (e.g. An Bhlaoighne and L-Arabic), influenced by Indo-European and Semitic languages, the case particles are preposed while in Peripheral Camalic (e.g. Padmanābha), the particles evolved into suffixes in a more typically Eurasian nom-acc system.

Proto-Camalic also had an extensive array of derivational affixes.

The definite article in Proto-Camalic was *sa.

Adjectives

Proto-Camalic didn't have adjectives as a distinct part of speech. Most adjectives in other Camalic languages derive from verbs in Proto-Camalic though some are derived from nouns (e.g. nisba/Hoffmann's).

Verbs

Some kind of stress-induced ablaut/lengthening?