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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
/a | /a ɛ o ɪ ə ɑ æ e i u y iə uə ai ei au ou/ | ||
===Tones=== | ===Tones=== | ||
Hyper-tonal Hellenic has 3 tones: high, low and falling. | Hyper-tonal Hellenic has 3 tones: high, low and falling. | ||
Revision as of 19:20, 26 January 2019
Hyper-tonal Hellenic is a tonal descendant of Ancient Greek spoken in Lõis's India. It has final stress and 3 tones.
Diachronics
When should stress shift occur? Only certain endings should drop: (-ος, -α, -ον should drop)
pterón > ftɛ̀ː 'wing'
xērós > sʰæ̀ː 'dry'
théma > tʰém 'thing'; pl. thémata > tʰémàt > tʰɪmât 'things'
Phonology
Vowels
/a ɛ o ɪ ə ɑ æ e i u y iə uə ai ei au ou/
Tones
Hyper-tonal Hellenic has 3 tones: high, low and falling.
Morphology
Nouns
Declension
Cases: Nominative and oblique; no gender
NOM: ἄνθρωπος > əntʰrôːp; ἄνθρωποι > əntʰropì
OBL: ἀνθρώπου > əntʰropû; ἀνθρώπων > əntʰropɑ̂n
Adjectives
Verbs
Verbs are inflected for person but are not pro-drop.