Heleasic

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Hyper-tonal Hellenic is a tonal descendant of Ancient Greek spoken in Lõis's India. It has final stress and 4-6 tones.

Diachronics

When should stress shift occur? Only certain endings should drop

pterón > pdɛ̀ː 'wing'

xērós > kzìə 'dry'

théma > tʰém 'thing'; pl. thémata > tʰémàt > tʰɪmât 'things'

Phonology

Morphology

Nouns

Declension

Cases: Nominative and oblique; gender: ???

NOM: ἄνθρωπος > əntʰrɑ̂p; ἄνθρωποι > əntʰrʊpì

OBL: ἀνθρώπου > əntʰrʊpû; ἀνθρώπων > əntʰrʊpɑ̂n

Adjectives

Verbs