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
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 | s /s̻/ | š /s̺/ | ś /ɬ/ | h /h/ | ||||
| Affricate | ts /ts̻/ | tš /ts̺/ | tś /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.
Phonotactics
Final consonant clusters were allowed, unlike in Windermere.
Proto-Lakovic morphology
Nouns
Proto-Lakovic had two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine was marked with -i.
Adjectives
Adjectives agreed with nouns in gender. For example:
- šmer toʔ = a good man (m);
- ʔamaʔ toʔi = a good mother (f)
Verbs
Numbers
- ʔadòn
- raθ
- stsiwi
- msàχi
- mʔǜtsi
- ʔalboni
- kàtsdi
- lχorsi
- φòyi
- bìŋi
- śaduli
- srüχi