Tergetian

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Proto-Clofabic or Tamil (Proto-Clofabic: LΛŦꝨΠ ΠΔⱵ tamil lor 'same/shared/common language'; Clofabosin: methoserotin 'the people's language'; tamilserotin refers to any proto-language) is the (attested!) proto-language of the Clofabic family, which includes Clofabosin and Phormatolidin. It was spoken 2000 years before modern Clofabosin. It is a significant source of loanwords for Eevo and other Talman languages. (In Talma, Tamil is the Greek to Windermere's Latin.)

1: es (inanimate) / er (animate) 2: σrib 3: σal 4: lop 5: orβ 6: kwib 7: tksol 8: δikw 9: abd 10: gaβar 11: βem 12: σklut


Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Medial Velar Labiovelar Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive voiceless p t k kw
voiced b d g
Fricative voiceless s σ h
voiced β δ ζ γ w
Liquid r, l

Vowels

Front Central Back
Close i y u
Mid e o
Open a

Phonotactics

Proto-Clofabic allows very unusual clusters, such as dσa 'good'. However, the more "unusual" clusters are allowed only word-initially. Elsewhere, the clusters are more typical of the Talma region. (i.e. nothing I don't want in Eevo)

Also, initial ζ- is not allowed.

Orthography

Alphabetical order: Ꙟ ᖵ Π L X Ⱶ Ŧ Σ Ӈ Ш И Ⳙ Ꝟ Ỻ Ǝ Џ Ɥ Ꝩ Ʞ Λ Δ Ξ Ʇ (β s l t d r m g γ p n w δ b k ζ σ i e a o u y)

(x /ks/: Ɐ)

Morphology

Tamil is analytic.

Particles

  • copula: wir
  • participle: βen
  • past: ζole
  • future: kapt
  • quotative: di
  • topic: in
  • accusative: e
  • attributive: il
  • genitive: o
  • negative: ptum
  • comparative: dguwan
  • superlative: pδeg
  • plural: -aζ
  • cohortative: ko
  • later verbal noun: at
  • desiderative: pro

Pronouns

end, sent, βlur, akwt, ine, βluraζ

Derivational morphology

Syntax

Proto-Clofabic is V2, with genitive-noun, and adjective-noun order. Tense and discourse particles are sentence-final.

Prepositions can be used in second position in a phrase (cf. "magnā cum laude")