Lakovic languages

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Not to be confused with Lahob languages.

The Lakovic languages are a language family native to Talma (Western Etalocin).

Todo

Change the name - too similar to Lahob

Phylogeny

Proto-Lakovic phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive plain p /p/ t /t/ k /k/ ʔ /ʔ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ g /g/
aspirated φ /pʰ/ θ /tʰ/ χ /kʰ/
Fricative z /s̻/ s /s̺/ ś /ɬ/ h /h/
Affricate tz /ts̻/ ts /ts̺/ /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

Hiatus was not allowed.

Proto-Lakovic morphology

Nouns

Proto-Lakovic had two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine was marked with -i.

Verbs

Numbers

  1. ʔadòn
  2. raθ
  3. stsiw
  4. msàχi
  5. mʔǜtzi
  6. alboni
  7. kàtsdi
  8. lχosi
  9. φòyi
  10. bìŋi
  11. śaduli
  12. srüχi

Proto-Lakovic syntax