Proto-Central Dynic
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| Proto-Central-Dynic | |
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| Created by | Gaffney McCoy Flancer |
| Setting | Veyn |
Proto-Dynic
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Proto-Central-Dynic is a naturalistic constructed language made for the world of Veyn Dungeons & Dragons campaign setting. It is descended from Proto-Dynic, the common ancestor to the largest language family in Veyn, the Dynic family.
Morphology
Verbs
The verb template
| conjunct prefixes | stem | conjunct suffixes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3a | 3b | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| direct object | adverb | (converb classifier) | converb | classifier | subject | stem | auxiliary |
Subject and object marking
| Number | Subject | Object | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | singular | plural | |
| 1st person | *t- ~ *Vt- ~ *V̄- | *w- ~ *wi- ~ *u- | *ti- ~ *t- | *woh- |
| 2nd person | *n- ~ *VN- | *bi- ~ *bi- | *ni- ~ *n- | *bih- |
| 3rd person | *Ø- | *i- | ||
| 4rd person | *s- ~ *Vs- | *ki- ~ *k- | ||
| Indefinite | *a- | *a- | ||
| Reflexive | *Ø- | *de- ~ *d- | ||
The Proto-Dynic personal markers gain a series of conditional allomorphs in Proto-Central-Dynic, although whether or not these changes were present and synchronic in Proto-Dynic is a matter of debate. The first person singular subject prefix has a number of different forms, for example, depending on where it appears;
- *t- : After a vowel, or word initially before a vowel; e.g. *nitmīd, *tonosi
- *Vt- : Word initially before a consonant, or between two consonants. The realisation of *V further varies depending on the environment. It may appear as a mimic vowel of the previous syllable, or if it is word initial *i- is used; **i-ac-t-mugid → *yacatmugid, **t-hur-si → *ithūri
- *V̄- : Word initially before an alveolar consonant, or between two consonants, the second being alveolar. Like show *V The realisation of *V̄ may appear as a long mimic vowel of the previous syllable, or *ī-; **ar-t-tes → *arātes, **t-daŋʷa → *īdaŋʷa