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Old Eevo (Eevo: Eevo Dair) is a Talmic language which arose from northern dialects of Thensarian. Its descendants are Eevo, Bhadhagha, and Tumacan. Its aesthetics is based on Old Irish.

Todo

  • tobynis = to be like
  • Prefixes:
    • ar-: on, at
    • (deut.) as-: telic
    • (prot.) de-, (deut.) do-: in, at
    • é-: with, co-
    • fin-/sin- = well, thoroughly
    • for-: causative, through
    • (prot.) ful-, (deut.) fol-: around, back
    • (prot.) gel-, (deut.) gol-: up, out
    • ro-: down
    • sol-: a causative
    • (prot.) su-, (deut.) so-: towards
    • (prot.) sur-, (deut.) sor-: back
    • (prot.) u(cc)-, (deut.) oc-: from

Phonology

Consonants

  • b c d f g h l m n ŋ p r s t /b k d f g h l m n ŋ p r s t/
  • "Lenition": ḃ ch ḋ fh ġ ṁ ph sh th /bʰ kʰ dʰ fʰ gʰ mʰ pʰ sʰ tʰ/
  • "Eclipsis": ᵐb ᵑc ⁿd ᵑg ᵐf ᵐp ⁿs ⁿt /ᵐb ᵑk ⁿd ᵑg ᵐf ᵐp ⁿs ⁿt/
  • Geminates: cc ll nn ŋŋ pp rr ss tt /kː lː nː ŋː pː rː sː tː/

Vowels

  • a e i o u /a e i o u/
  • á é í ó ú /aː eː iː oː uː/
  • ai ei io oi ui
  • ae ao ái éi eó éu ia ío íu iú ói oí ua úi uí

All five short vowels a e i o u could occur in a word-final unstressed syllable.

Morphology

Main article: Old Eevo/Morphology

Syntax