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{{Infobox language family | {{Infobox language family | ||
| setting = [[Verse: | | setting = [[Verse:Hmøøh|Hmøøh]] | ||
| region = Bjeheond, Talma, Etalocin, Txapoalli | | region = Bjeheond, Talma, Etalocin, Txapoalli | ||
| name = Lakovic | | name = Lakovic | ||
| familycolor = lakovic | | familycolor = lakovic | ||
| family = One of | | family = One of Hmøøh's primary language families | ||
| protoname = Proto-Lakovic | | protoname = Proto-Lakovic | ||
| child1 = [[Naengic languages|Naengic]] | | child1 = [[Naengic languages|Naengic]] | ||
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}} | }} | ||
The '''Lakovic languages''' (/ləˈkoʊvɪk/ ''lə-KOH-vik''; [[Naeng]]: ''fi imbrits Lăcof'' <small>Bjeheondian:</small> [vɪ (ʔ)ɪmˈbrits ləˈkaov]) are a major [[Verse: | The '''Lakovic languages''' (/ləˈkoʊvɪk/ ''lə-KOH-vik''; [[Naeng]]: ''fi imbrits Lăcof'' <small>Bjeheondian:</small> [vɪ (ʔ)ɪmˈbrits ləˈkaov]) are a major [[Verse:Hmøøh|Hmøøhian]] language family, originally native to [[Verse:Hmøøh/Bjeheond|Bjeheond]]. The most populous members of the family are the Nakwax dialect continuum spoken in Txapoalli, the [[Æ]] language of northwest Taivíor, and the (usually mutually intelligible) vernaculars derived from Classical Tseer. The family is inspired by Semitic, Mon-Khmer and Austronesian languages. | ||
The family is named after *lakof, the PLak reconstructed word for 'human'. *lakof is the etymon of [[Naeng]] ''Wen Lăchua'' '(poetic) [[Verse: | The family is named after *lakof, the PLak reconstructed word for 'human'. *lakof is the etymon of [[Naeng]] ''Wen Lăchua'' '(poetic) [[Verse:Hmøøh/Wen Dămea|Wen Dămea]]', [[Tseer]] ''lakow'' 'free', and several other ethnonyms of Lakovic-speaking peoples such as [[Dak'ox]]. | ||
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==Urheimat== | ==Urheimat== | ||
The Proto-Lakovic urheimat is thought to have been [[Verse: | The Proto-Lakovic urheimat is thought to have been [[Verse:Hmøøh/Bjeheond|Bjeheond]], based on the distribution of the family and reconstructed Proto-Lakovic vocabulary for Bjeheondian fauna and flora and Mediterranean-climate rainy winters and dry summers. | ||
===Proto-Lakovic culture=== | ===Proto-Lakovic culture=== | ||
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***Modern [[Tseer]] | ***Modern [[Tseer]] | ||
*[[Häskä]] | *[[Häskä]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Shalaian]] | ||
*[[Pfiunian]] dialect continuum (Pseudo-Swiss German) | *[[Pfiunian]] dialect continuum (Pseudo-Swiss German) | ||
*Txapoallian Lakovic | *Txapoallian Lakovic | ||
**[[Tsăloșian]] dialect continuum (near Sowaazhpi) | **[[Tsăloșian]] dialect continuum (near Sowaazhpi) | ||
** | **Lakwax/Dakwax/Nakwax (Ejective-y head-final language; influenced [[Naquian]]) | ||
* Lakovic isolates: | * Lakovic isolates: | ||
** [[!Zoom]] | ** [[!Zoom]] | ||
** [[Æ]] | ** [[Æ]] | ||
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*''*śen'' = thou | *''*śen'' = thou | ||
*''*śens'' = thou (hon) | *''*śens'' = thou (hon) | ||
*''* | *''*ʔin'' = s/he | ||
*''* | *''*ʔins'' = s/he (hon) | ||
PLak had no plural pronouns; it made do with associative plurals or demonstratives instead. | PLak had no plural pronouns; it made do with associative plurals or demonstratives instead. | ||
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This caused some triggers to be reinterpreted as noun-deriving affixes in some daughter languages. Demonstration by contrived example, with the instrument trigger: | This caused some triggers to be reinterpreted as noun-deriving affixes in some daughter languages. Demonstration by contrived example, with the instrument trigger: | ||
:'''''p{{angbr| | :'''''p{{angbr|ăk}}tuś fit rif fit Qin ŋă măXokis.''''' | ||
:{{angbr|INST}}stab IND 1SG IND 3SG.M DIR stone-F | :{{angbr|INST}}stab IND 1SG IND 3SG.M DIR stone-F | ||
:''I stabbed him with the stone.'' | :''I stabbed him with the stone.'' | ||
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Some "adjectives" are actually prepositional phrases instead of verbs: | Some "adjectives" are actually prepositional phrases instead of verbs: | ||
''*Xu Qopr fit fedn | ''*Xu Qopr fit fedn Xtăr.'' (PRED high.NOM DIR creature black) 'The black one is up high.' | ||
== Sample text == | == Sample text == | ||