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
      • Modern Windermere
    • a Scots analog
  • Tergetian
  • Ksieħ
  • Häskä
  • A language where stress shifts to feminine -i
  • Western Bjeheondian
  • Tumhanian
    • Schong

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-

Numbers

Proto-Lakovic	Talman		Clofabian	Western Bjeheondian		Eastern Bjeheondian
	Windermere Lăcoaf	Tergetian
*àtòn "one"	doan	..
*raþ "two"	rath	..
*sciw "three"	stiw	..
*msàx "four"	smech	..
*lmǜc "five"	müets	..
*tax "six"	tach	..
*àpòþ "seven"	boath	..
*słàp "eight"	łep	..
*ʔlòy "nine"	loay	..
*θaf "ten"	thaf	..
*suyàw "eleven"	săyew	..
*srüx "twelve"	srüch	..

Derivational morphology

• Breathy voice ablaut: nominalization

Proto-Lakovic syntax

Proto-Lakovic had flexible word order, but the most common word order was VSO.