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In this article, the Dilba hieroglyphs are mostly represented by Latin letters. Since the cultural contact with England, the Latin alphabet is also used on Lamuella. However, at this time the phonology has not been reconstructed yet, so the pronunciation of the Latin letters is rather unintuitive. | In this article, the Dilba hieroglyphs are mostly represented by Latin letters. Since the cultural contact with England, the Latin alphabet is also used on Lamuella. However, at this time the phonology has not been reconstructed yet, so the pronunciation of the Latin letters is rather unintuitive. | ||
== | == Morphology == | ||
Most Dilba words, referred to as ''root words'', are obtained from consonantal roots by inserting vowels, adding affixes and mutating the root consonants. In the following, these three morphological operations shall be discussed separately. | Most Dilba words, referred to as ''root words'', are obtained from consonantal roots by inserting vowels, adding affixes and mutating the root consonants. In the following, these three morphological operations shall be discussed separately. | ||
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|''out of the man'' | |''out of the man'' | ||
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By attaching the suffixes ''y'' after consonants or ''h'' after vowels, status constructi to the forms above can be build. The status constructus of the nominative corresponds to the case genitive, the use of status constructi of the local cases will be discussed later. The forms above will be referred to as status absoluti. | By attaching the suffixes ''y'' after consonants or ''h'' after vowels, status constructi to the forms above can be build. The status constructus of the nominative corresponds to the case genitive, the use of status constructi of the local cases will be discussed later. The forms above will be referred to as status absoluti. This usage of the terms is not to be confused with that in semitic languages, where the status absolutus marks the possessor. The term has been chosen since the applications of the status constructi go far beyond possession. | ||
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[bɔˈħäħ ru ˈgäʨə qəˈʒäq]<br> | [bɔˈħäħ ru ˈgäʨə qəˈʒäq]<br> | ||
'The bird of the man Baha' | 'The bird of the man Baha' | ||
=== Simple Sentence === | |||
A simple sentence consists at least of two noun phrases in nominative absolutus. The first noun phrase is interpreted as subject of the sentence, the second as predicate. If the first noun phrase is just a personal pronoun, it can be omitted and expressed as deixis of the predicate. | |||
''gat valag''<br> | |||
['gäʨ dä'läŋ]<br> | |||
'The man sleeps' | |||
''vilig''<br> | |||
[di'liŋ]<br> | |||
'I sleep' | |||
Normally, the two noun phrases have the same first vocalic position. If the predicate is singular and the subject plural, ''together'' is connoted, whilst a plural predicate connotes intensification, iteration or duration. | |||
''gut valig''<br> | |||
['guʨ dä'liŋ]<br> | |||
'The men sleep together' | |||
''git vulig''<br> | |||
['giʨ du'liŋ]<br> | |||
'The man is sleeping' | |||