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 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | Northern Evandorian | Southern Evandorian | Western Evandorian | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windermere Lăcoaf |
Tergetian Lăcoaf |
Nordulaki Nordûlaki |
Kalese Kalávyn |
Ancient Nivarese Nīvaʼōnīs |
Majo-Bankravian Majustin ~ Bankrawstin | |
| *àtòn "one" | doan | .. | ge | že | qe | jö |
| *raþ "two" | rath | .. | xiu | ší | sep | sip |
| *sciw "three" | liúa | .. | surá | thrá | surwō | swörr |
| *msàx "four" | tisís | .. | lleix | ļiš | śit | sjis |
| *lamǜc "five" | depso | .. | tait | toš | dafes | dast |
| *tax "six" | iame | .. | teim | tém | dufē | täm |
| *àpoþ "seven" | uisies | .. | deit | zöš | ʼisōs | kwess |
| *słàp "eight" | hodó | .. | kau | ká | khovol | hjådn |
| *ʔalòy "nine" | dax | .. | llas | lás | lax | läx |
| *θaf "ten" | ádau | .. | olbá | óvä | ʼalox | ågl |
| *sayàw "eleven" | ádau | .. | olbá | óvä | ʼalox | ågl |
| *srüx "twelve" | ádau | .. | olbá | óvä | ʼalox | ågl |
Derivational morphology
- Breathy voice ablaut: nominalization
Proto-Lakovic syntax
Proto-Lakovic had flexible word order, but the most common word order was VSO.