138,726
edits
Kyravar Maři: Difference between revisions
m
no edit summary
Chrysophylax (talk | contribs) m (Text replacement - "Category:Conlangs" to "Category:Languages") |
mNo edit summary |
||
| (14 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
'''Kyravar | '''Kyravar Mazhi''' is a Dravidian language spoken in [[Lõis]]'s Balkans. For a while it evolved in a sprachbund with eastern dialects of Glommish. | ||
<!-- | <!-- | ||
| Line 34: | Line 34: | ||
--> | --> | ||
==History== | |||
Kyravar Maři is a descendant of Old Tamil which emerged from a Chola era settlement in the Balkans. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Orthography=== | ===Orthography=== | ||
| Line 40: | Line 44: | ||
*p t ʈ k = p t ť k | *p t ʈ k = p t ť k | ||
*m n ɳ ŋ = m n ň ng | *m n ɳ ŋ = m n ň ng | ||
*f θ s ʂ~ʐ x = v þ s | *f θ s ʂ~ʐ x = v þ s zh h | ||
*j r l ɭ = j r l ľ | *j r l ɭ w = j r l ľ ł | ||
Kyravar Maři consonants come in broad/slender pairs | Kyravar Maři consonants come in broad/slender pairs unlike Tamil. The slender counterparts of /k ŋ x/ are /c ɲ ç/; retroflexes do not palatalize. | ||
{|class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center" | {|class="greentable lightgreenbg" style="text-align:center" | ||
| Line 95: | Line 99: | ||
|- | |- | ||
!colspan=2| Approximant | !colspan=2| Approximant | ||
| {{IPA|w}} || | |||
| {{IPA| | | || | ||
| || {{IPA| | | || {{IPA|l}} | ||
| {{IPA|ɭ}} | | {{IPA|ɭ}} | ||
| {{IPA|j}} || | | {{IPA|j}} || | ||
| Line 131: | Line 135: | ||
* ''maram'' 'tree', ''marángaľ'' 'trees' | * ''maram'' 'tree', ''marángaľ'' 'trees' | ||
* ''mannar'' 'king', ''mannarkaľ'' 'kings' | * ''mannar'' 'king', ''mannarkaľ'' 'kings' | ||
* '' | * ''vazhi'' 'path', ''vazhikaľ'' 'paths' | ||
* ''illam'' 'house', ''illángaľ'' 'houses' | * ''illam'' 'house', ''illángaľ'' 'houses' | ||
* ''yňmý'', ''právta'' 'truth'; ''yňmýkaľ'', ''právtakaľ'' 'truths' | * ''yňmý'', ''právta'' 'truth'; ''yňmýkaľ'', ''právtakaľ'' 'truths' | ||
* ''úplaka'' 'cloud', ''úplakakaľ'' 'clouds' | * ''úplaka'' 'cloud', ''úplakakaľ'' 'clouds' | ||
To form the genitive case, the final consonant is slenderized, and then the following (possessed) noun undergoes eclipsis if the possessor is singular: ''mannarı n-illam'' 'the king's house'. | To form the genitive case, the final consonant is slenderized, and then the following (possessed) noun undergoes eclipsis if the possessor is singular: ''mannarı n-illam'' 'the king's house'. | ||
===Articles=== | |||
The definite article in Kyravar Maři is ''i / in''. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== | ||
Kyravar Maři is VSO. | |||
===Noun phrase=== | ===Noun phrase=== | ||
===Verb phrase=== | ===Verb phrase=== | ||
| Line 179: | Line 188: | ||
The multiples of 10 from 30 to 110 are: ''muppaty'' (30), ''njáspaty'' (40), ''ýmaty'' (50), ''arvaty'' (60), ''júřvaty'' (70), ''eňpaty'' (80), ''tyľpaty'' (90), ''pámaty'' (100), ''pannarvaty'' (110). | The multiples of 10 from 30 to 110 are: ''muppaty'' (30), ''njáspaty'' (40), ''ýmaty'' (50), ''arvaty'' (60), ''júřvaty'' (70), ''eňpaty'' (80), ''tyľpaty'' (90), ''pámaty'' (100), ''pannarvaty'' (110). | ||
'' | '' | ||