Proto-Pulchric

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Introduction

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Coronal Palatal Dorsal Laryngeal
plain phar. plain phar. plain phar.
Nasal m /m/ M /mˁ/ n /n/ N /nˁ/ ng /ŋ/ NG /ɴ/
Stop tenuis p /p/ P /pˁ/ t /t/ T /tˁ/ k /k/ q /q/
voiced b /b/ B /bˁ/ d /d/ D /dˁ/ g /ɡ/ G /ɢ/
Fricative h /h/
Trill/Tap r /ɾ/ R /ɾˁ/
Approximant w /w/ l /l/ L /lˁ/ y /j/

Every consonant except /w j h/ can occur geminated between vowels.

Vowels

  Front Central Back
short long short long short long
Close i /i/ i: /iː/ u /u/ u: /uː/
Mid e /e/ e: /eː/ o /o/ o: /oː/
Open a /a/ a: /aː/

Diphthongs: /ai/ /au/ (written ai au respectively)

Phonotactics

Only CV syllables are allowed, except:

  • a geminate consonant can begin a non-initial syllable (gemination is indicated in the orthography by doubling the consonant letter; geminate ng and NG are written nng and NNG respectively)
  • CVC is allowed as the last syllable

Stress

Stress is almost always on the first long syllable, or if no syllable is long, the last syllable in the Rencadic dialect and the first syllable in the Luminese dialect.

Morphophonology

Morphology

Proto-Pulchric has an extremely simple morphology, almost completely isolating.

Nouns

Baira "leaf" Singular Plural
Nominative Baira Baira emmi
Accusative Baira ta Baira emmi ta
Genitive Baira i Baira emmi i

Proto-Pulchric has other postpositions as well: mi (in), ro (with), po (like), ...

Verbs

qi:To- "to think" Singular Plural
First person qi:Ton qi:Tome
Second person qi:Tod qi:Tote
Third person qi:Tob qi:Towa

Proto-Pulchric often uses verbal nouns, which use the suffix -a:t or -or depending on the verb.

Verbs do not inflect for tense in general. There are a few exceptions though. The copula 'to be' inflects as follows in the present tense:

"to be" Singular Plural
First person qor qore
Second person qod qote
Third person qob qowa

In the past tense:

"to be" Singular Plural
First person pem peme
Second person pen pet:e
Third person pem pewa

In the future tense:

"to be" Singular Plural
First person ki:nan ki:name
Second person ki:nad ki:nate
Third person ki:nab ki:nawa

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources