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Revision as of 06:30, 1 July 2018
- Not to be confused with the Lahob languages.
The Lakovic languages (/ləˈkoʊvɪk/ luh-KOHV-ik; Eevo: brits Lycóov; Rhythoed: fi imbrits Lăcoaf) are a language family native to Talma.
Todo
Other (short) suffixes?
Phylogeny
- Proto-Lakovic
- Old Windermere
- Classical Windermere
- a Scots analog
- Tergetian
- Ksieħ
- Häskä
- A language where stress shifts to feminine -i
- Western Bjeheondian
- Tumhanian
- Old Windermere
Proto-Lakovic phonology
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
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Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | |||||
"Stop" | plain | p /p/ | t /t/ | k /k/ | ʔ /ʔ/ | |||
spirant | f /f/ | þ /θ/ | x /x/ | |||||
Fricative | s /s̻/ | š /s̺/ | ś /ɬ/ | h /h/ | ||||
Affricate | c /ts̻/ | č /ts̺/ | ć /tɬ/ | |||||
Approximant | w /w/ | r /r/ | l /l/ | y /j/ |
Vowels
Proto-Lakovic had 6 vowels and register tone:
i ü u e o a = /i y u e o a/
ì ǜ ù è ò à = low/breathy vowels
ə /ə/ was found in unstressed syllables.
Phonotactics
Final consonant clusters were allowed, unlike in Windermere.
Proto-Lakovic, like Old Chinese, had a contrast between tightly and loosely attached presyllables.
Stress
Stress was likely on the final syllable.
Proto-Lakovic morphology
Nouns
Proto-Lakovic had two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine was marked with breathy voice on the final syllable.
- direct case marker: id-
- indirect case marker: how-
Verbs and adjectives
Numbers
Proto-Lakovic | Talman | Clofabian | Western Bjeheondian | Eastern Bjeheondian | |||
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Windermere Lăcoaf |
Tergetian | ||||||
*àtòn "one" | doan | .. | |||||
*raþ "two" | rath | .. | |||||
*sciw "three" | stiw | .. | |||||
*msàx "four" | smech | .. | |||||
*imǜc "five" | müets | .. | |||||
*tax "six" | tach | .. | |||||
*àpòþ "seven" | boath | .. | |||||
*słàp "eight" | łep | .. | |||||
*ʔlòy "nine" | loay | .. | |||||
*θaf "ten" | thaf | .. | |||||
*suyàw "eleven" | săyew | .. | |||||
*srüx "twelve" | srüch | .. |
Derivational morphology
- Breathy voice ablaut: nominalization
Proto-Lakovic syntax
Proto-Lakovic had flexible word order, but the most common word order was VSO.