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'''Old Togarmite''' or '''Classical Togarmite''' (''Θėgammīθ''; Modern: ''Þėgamiþ ȝyþik'') is the ancestor of Modern [[Togarmite]]. It is the liturgical language of (L-Balkan religion). | '''Old Togarmite''' or '''Classical Togarmite''' (''Θėgammīθ''; Modern: ''Þėgamiþ ȝyþik'') is the ancestor of Modern [[Togarmite]]. It is the liturgical language of (L-Balkan religion). | ||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
*'''m n''' /m n/ | |||
*'''p t c k ' ''' /p t ts k ʔ/ | |||
*'''b d g''' /b d g/ | |||
*'''φ θ χ''' /pʰ tʰ kʰ/ | |||
*'''s š ħ h''' /s ʃ χ h/ | |||
*'''z ž ȝ''' /z ʒ ʁ/ | |||
*'''w l r j''' /lw r j/ | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
Old Togarmite had the following vowels: | Old Togarmite had the following vowels: | ||
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===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
Stress is phonemic and not entirely predictable | Stress is phonemic and not entirely predictable. Old Togarmite stress is a result of a lot of analogical levelling from Proto-Semitic (particularly in verbs), and caused vowel lengthening as in Hebrew. | ||
Final stress is common but less so than in Hebrew: Togarmite words often resemble Hebrew pausal forms (e.g. OTog ''yismā́ȝū'' /jɪsˈmaːʁuː/ 'they will hear', cf. Tiberian Hebrew pausal variant /jiʃˈmɔːʕuː/ for ישמעו /jiʃmăˈʕuː/ 'they hear'.) | Final stress is common but less so than in Hebrew: Togarmite words often resemble Hebrew pausal forms (e.g. OTog ''yismā́ȝū'' /jɪsˈmaːʁuː/ 'they will hear', cf. Tiberian Hebrew pausal variant /jiʃˈmɔːʕuː/ for ישמעו /jiʃmăˈʕuː/ 'they hear'.) | ||