Lakovic languages
- 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 Vietnamese-like language
- a Scots analog
- Schong
- Tergetian
- Ksieħ
- Häskä
- A language where stress shifts to feminine -i
- Old Windermere
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 | 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.
Proto-Lakovic morphology
Nouns
Proto-Lakovic had two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine was marked with -i.
- direct case marker: id-
- indirect case marker: how-
Adjectives
Adjectives agreed with nouns in gender. For example:
- šmer toʔ = a good man (m);
- ʔama toʔi = a good mother (f)
Verbs
TODO: triggers, aspects
Numbers
- ʔadòni
- raθi
- sciwi
- msàχi
- Cə.mǜci
- taχi
- kàcdi
- lχorsi
- rə.φòyi
- θabi
- śaduli
- srüχi
Proto-Lakovic syntax
Proto-Lakovic had flexible word order, but the most common word order was VSO.