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[[File:Sanakas.cwk (PT).jpg|thumb|"Sanakas" Upā-a pid âdi-ra???]] | |||
'''Caryatic''' was dreamed up in between taking notes for [[wikipedia:Andrew Sihler|Andrew Sihler]]'s "Comparative Grammar: Indo-European Phonology," in fall of 1997. It was first committed to computer on Dec. 11 of that year. Work continued on and off until late 2003. The language remained largely dormant until 2013, when work resumed, albeit at an absurdly glacial pace. | '''Caryatic''' was dreamed up by [[User:Iustinus|Iustinus]] in between taking notes for [[wikipedia:Andrew Sihler|Andrew Sihler]]'s "Comparative Grammar: Indo-European Phonology," in fall of 1997. It was first committed to computer on Dec. 11 of that year. Work continued on and off until late 2003. The language remained largely dormant until 2013, when work resumed, albeit at an absurdly glacial pace. | ||
=== Inspiration === | === Inspiration === | ||
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* '''Sigmatization''': | * '''Sigmatization''': | ||
** An aspirate stop preceded by an /s/ deaspirates, and the /s/ drops with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel. (The transcription sometimes—albeit inconsistently—marks this by using a circumflex instead of a macron on the lengthened vowel. However, more often than not, circumflex is used ubiquitously) | ** An aspirate stop preceded by an /s/ deaspirates, and the /s/ drops with compensatory lengthening of the preceding vowel. (The transcription sometimes—albeit inconsistently—marks this by using a circumflex instead of a macron on the lengthened vowel. However, more often than not, circumflex is used ubiquitously) | ||
** While this process does occur across word boundaries, note that if a word begins with /s/ followed immediately by a stop, it is often lexicalized in the asigmatic form, and compensatory lengthening is unlikely to occur. Furthermore, the dropping of the s at the end of a word often allows elements which had dropped [i.e. alveolars and nasals] to reassert themselves. | |||
** While this process does occur across word boundaries, note that if a word begins with /s/ followed immediately by a stop, it is often lexicalized in the asigmatic form, and compensatory lengthening is unlikely to occur. Furthermore, the dropping of the s at the end of a word often | |||
* '''Nasal assimilation:''' [Note that these sound laws are, for the most part, not reflected in the standard orthography] | * '''Nasal assimilation:''' [Note that these sound laws are, for the most part, not reflected in the standard orthography] | ||
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==== Allophonic variation ==== | |||
* '''Hiatus''' | |||
** Two vowels in hiatus (i.e. ones that are adjacent, but do not form a diphthong) are separated by an epenthetic [ɦ]. This is not reflected in the standard orthography. | |||
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====Stress==== | ====Stress==== | ||
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==Example texts== | ==Example texts== | ||
===Letter to Andrew Sihler=== | |||
:Yūdīs Masfīus Andrayā Sīlir-ad | |||
:Ti taisam Kaimānam Pirâda-an āsmi. Sas vaiks anāï “''Hel''l” nāma-sānt ādi-ga. Au sī pirâdā a “upānā” au kavānā âdi-ga. Ti mama dimba-sa garfu-ga. Tād āh nāma “Kāriātikā” âdi-ga. Igu tua ī-sa, tāssānt ī “Indaurupayā” âdi-ga, garfu. Tū pid hāsi-ra? Tū tī dimba gankasi-ra? | |||
The above text, read by David Salo: [[File:David Salo reads the Epistle to Sihler.wav]] | |||
==Other resources== | ==Other resources== | ||
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[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] | ||
[[Category:Indo-European languages]] | |||
[[Category:Conlangs]] | [[Category:Conlangs]] | ||