Proto-Haïdic

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Proto-Haïdic
Created byLimius
SettingAvrid
Native toFasser
EthnicityFasserman
Haïdic
  • Proto-Haïdic
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Proto-Haïdic is the reconstructed ancestor to the Haïdic language family.

Phonology

Consonants

Consonant phonemes
Labial Interdental Alveolar Palatal Velar Pharyn-
geal
Glottal
plain emphatic plain emphatic plain emphatic
Nasal *m *n
Plosive voiceless *p *t *t’ *k *k’
voiced *b *d *g
Fricative voiceless *θ’ *s *s’ *x *h
voiced *z
Lateral
fricative
voiceless *ɬ’
voiced
Approximate *y *w

Verbs

Verb patterns
Stem Verb Description Meaning
adnominal conclusive infinitive
I *patah *ʔaptah *ʔaptuhu The simple stem for transitive and intransitive verbs. 'I strike'
II *putah *ʔuptah *ʔupātuhu *u-mediopassive, used to form intransitive verbs from transitive Stem I verbs. 'we are stricken'
III *itpatah *ʔamitpatah *ʔamitpatuhu Simple stem with t-infix after first radical, indicating reciprocal or reflexive. 'we strike each other'
IV *itputah *ʔitputah *ʔitputuhu *u-mediopassive with t-infix after first radical, indicating reflexive. 'I strike myself'
V *pittah *ʔapittah *ʔapittuhu Gemination of the second radical, indicating the intensive. 'I destroy'
VI *puttah *ʔuputtah *ʔuputtuhu *u-mediopassive with gemination of the second radical, indicating the intensive passive. 'I am destroyed'
VII *siptah *ʔasiptah *ʔasiptuhu *s-preformative, indicating the causative of intransitive Stem I verbs. 'I make them strike'