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In the context of this world, Caryatic roughly takes the place of Greek and Latin, Elerain that of Latin and Germanic. Safuntic takes the place of Phoenician, Timuric that of Egyptian. | In the context of this world, Caryatic roughly takes the place of Greek and Latin, Elerain that of Latin and Germanic. Safuntic takes the place of Phoenician, Timuric that of Egyptian. | ||
==== the Samasian language family ==== | |||
The branch of Indo-European to which Caryatic belongs is called "Samasian." Here are some select isoglosses: | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! | |||
! Caryatic | |||
! Aduric | |||
! Melavian | |||
! Bataic | |||
|- | |||
! Sheep | |||
| ūvis | |||
| u[w]is | |||
| ûïs | |||
| awis | |||
|- | |||
! Dog | |||
| kū, kun- | |||
| punas | |||
| pû, pun- | |||
| kwan | |||
|- | |||
! Horse | |||
| ākus | |||
| ipas | |||
| ipus | |||
| akwar | |||
|- | |||
! Clan | |||
| gānās | |||
| jinas, jinis- | |||
| dinus, dinis- | |||
| ganar | |||
|- | |||
! Darkness | |||
| rābs | |||
| ribas | |||
| ribus | |||
| ravar | |||
|} | |||
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*'''S-Assimilation:''' | *'''S-Assimilation:''' | ||
** Alveolars and nasals are dropped before an /s/, usually without compensatory lengthening. Note, however, that when an s is removed [see | ** Alveolars and nasals are dropped before an /s/, usually without compensatory lengthening. Note, however, that when an s is removed [see [[#Sigmatization|Sigmatization]] below] these segments normally reappear. | ||
* <span id="Sigmatization">'''Sigmatization''':</span> | * <span id="Sigmatization">'''Sigmatization''':</span> | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Caryatic is strongly, nearly relentlessly, head-final. Basic word order is, | Caryatic is strongly, nearly relentlessly, head-final. Basic word order is, therefore, SOV. | ||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
Noun phrases go in the following order: | Noun phrases go in the following order: | ||