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'''Proto-Lúsanic''', also '''Proto-Lusanic''', (sometimes abbreviated '''PLu.'''), is the reconstructed ancestral language of all the Lúsanian languages, including [[Dhannuá|Aurónian]], [[Finian|Finian]] and the Limbe-Mereian languages. Proto-Lúsanic is classified as being part of the “centum” languages (similarly to [[w:Proto-Italic|Italic]], [[w:Proto-Celtic|Celtic]], [[w:Proto-Germanic|Germanic]], etc.), having merged the traditional palatovelar and plain series of Proto-Indo-European plosives. | '''Proto-Lúsanic''', also '''Proto-Lusanic''', (sometimes abbreviated '''PLu.'''), is the reconstructed ancestral language of all the Lúsanian languages, including [[Dhannuá|Aurónian]], [[Finian|Finian]] and the Limbe-Mereian languages. Proto-Lúsanic is classified as being part of the “centum” languages (similarly to [[w:Proto-Italic|Italic]], [[w:Proto-Celtic|Celtic]], [[w:Proto-Germanic|Germanic]], etc.), having merged the traditional palatovelar and plain series of the [[w:Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] plosives. | ||
The reconstruction of Proto-Lúsanic is currently being undertaken but suffers from a lack of recorded sources as written material is mostly attested from one branch (Finio-Dhannic). | The reconstruction of Proto-Lúsanic is currently being undertaken but suffers from a lack of recorded sources as written material is mostly attested from one branch (Finio-Dhannic). | ||
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:* /dd/ → /ss/ | :* /dd/ → /ss/ | ||
* metathesis of “thorn clusters” (TK > KT, e.g. * | * metathesis of “thorn clusters” (TK > KT, e.g. *h₂rtkos → *h₂rktos) | ||
* Loss of laryngeals before a following vowel: | * Loss of laryngeals before a following vowel: | ||
:* /h₁e/ → /e/ | :* /h₁e/ → /e/ ~ /i/ | ||
:* /h₂e/ → /a/ | :* /h₂e/ → /a/ | ||
:* /h₃e/ → /o/ | :* /h₃e/ → /o/ | ||
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===Early Proto-Lúsanic=== | ===Early Proto-Lúsanic=== | ||
* Loss of laryngeals by vocalisation between two plosives (CHC > CVC) | |||
*: /h₁/ → /i/ | |||
*: /h₂/ → /a/ | |||
*: /h₃/ → /o/ | |||
* Labiovelars and sequences of velar + *w merge: | * Labiovelars and sequences of velar + *w merge: | ||
:* /kʷ/ → /kw/ | :* /kʷ/ → /kw/ | ||
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:* /st/ → /ss/ | :* /st/ → /ss/ | ||
:* /sk/ → /ss/ | :* /sk/ → /ss/ | ||
* *m becomes *n before dentals | * *m becomes *n before dentals and at the end of words. | ||
:* /m̩d/ | :* /m̩d/ → /n̩d/ | ||
:* /m̩t/ | :* /m̩t/ → /n̩t/ | ||
:* /m#/ → /n#/ | |||
* Sequences of a nasal and velar reduce to *nn in a two-step process. | |||
:# velars turn into a nasal velar | |||
:#* /nk/ → /nŋ/ | |||
:#* /ng/ → /nŋ/ | |||
:#* /ngʱ/ → /nŋ/ | |||
:# nasal velars are de-velarized after a nasal | |||
:#* /nŋ/ → /nn/ | |||
===Proto-Lúsanic=== | ===Proto-Lúsanic=== | ||
* Epethentic *a inserted before syllabic resonants except if blocked by preceding *Vr: | |||
* Epethentic *a inserted before syllabic resonants: | |||
:* /m̩/ → /am/ | :* /m̩/ → /am/ | ||
:* /n̩/ → /an/ | :* /n̩/ → /an/ | ||
:* /l̩/ → /al/ | :* /l̩/ → /al/ | ||
:* /r̩/ → /ar/ | :* /r̩/ → /ar/ | ||
* Merger of short *a into *ā in closed and stressed syllables: | |||
*: /CáC/ → /Cā́C/ | |||
* labiovelar sequences become *w intervocalically: | |||
:* /kw/ → /w/ | |||
:* /gw/ → /w/ | |||
* Fricativization and devoicing of syllable-initial velar consonants before *w, *r, *l: | |||
:* /kw/ → /hw/ | |||
:* /gw/ → /hw/ | |||
:* /gʱw/ → /hw/ | |||
* All words become stressed on the first syllable (e.g. *gʰortós → *gʰórtos) | * All words become stressed on the first syllable (e.g. *gʰortós → *gʰórtos) | ||
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* Raising of *o after *w | * Raising of *o after *w | ||
:* /wo/ → /wu/ | :* /wo/ → /wu/ | ||
* Voicing of plosives between a resonant and a vowel (RCV > RC<sub>+voiced</sub>V) | |||
===Late Proto-Lúsanic=== | |||
These features spread somewhat unevenly among the daughter branches of Proto-Lúsanic, but still probably constituted a single intelligible dialect continuum. | |||
* Voicing of word-medial and word-final *s | |||
:* /s/ → /z/ <ref group='*' name='rhotacism'></ref> | |||
* Loss of word-initial *h when followed by a liquid | |||
:* /hl/ → /l/ | |||
:* /hr/ → /r/ | |||
* Merger of *sp into *ss | |||
<references group ='*'> | |||
<ref name='rhotacism'>Only word medial in Finian</ref> | |||
</references> | |||
===Examples=== | |||
{| class='wikitable' | |||
|- | |||
!rowspan="2"|PIE | |||
!rowspan="2"|Proto-Lusanic | |||
!colspan="2"|Example | |||
|- | |||
! Proto-Lusanic | |||
! Descendants | |||
|- | |||
|*p | |||
|*p | |||
|pátēr | |||
|Dh. ''pathair'' | |||
|- | |||
|*t | |||
|*t | |||
|túsdandi | |||
|Dh. ''tasandh'' | |||
|- | |||
|*k | |||
|*k | |||
|káptōd | |||
|Fin. ''haftaa'' (< earlier *''kaftaa'') | |||
|} | |||
==Morphology== | |||
===Noun=== | |||
A minor collapse of the athematic/thematic distinction is observed, e.g. the thematic ablative -ad is here found on a traditionally athematic stem. | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="background:white" | |||
! colspan="5"| pátēr (Brightraven 2013) | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="0" | Number || style="background:#99DEFF" colspan="2" | Singular || style="background:#99DEFF" colspan="2" | Plural | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Nominative | |||
| colspan="2" | pátēr, *~īr || colspan="2" | páteris | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Vocative | |||
| colspan="2" | pátre || colspan="2" | páteris | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Genitive | |||
| colspan="2" | pátaris || colspan="2" | pātaroun | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Accusative | |||
| colspan="2" | pátern || colspan="2" | pā́terans | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Dative | |||
| colspan="2" | pátarei || colspan="2" | pátaribhos | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Ablative | |||
| colspan="2" | pátarad || colspan="2" | pátaribhos | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Instrumental | |||
| colspan="2" | pátarei || colspan="2" | pátaribhī | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Locative | |||
| colspan="2" | pátarei || colspan="2" | pátarais | |||
|} | |||
{| class="wikitable" style="background:white" | |||
! colspan="5"| yúgon (Brightraven 2013) | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="0" | Number || style="background:#99DEFF" colspan="2" | Singular || style="background:#99DEFF" colspan="2" | Plural | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Nominative | |||
| colspan="2" | yúgon || colspan="2" | yúgā | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Vocative | |||
| colspan="2" | yúgon || colspan="2" | yúgā | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Genitive | |||
| colspan="2" | yúgis || colspan="2" | yúgoun | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Accusative | |||
| colspan="2" | yúgon || colspan="2" | yúgā | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Dative | |||
| colspan="2" | yúgei || colspan="2" | yúgibhos | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Ablative | |||
| colspan="2" | yúgad || colspan="2" | yúgibhos | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Instrumental | |||
| colspan="2" | yúgei || colspan="2" | yugibhī | |||
|- | |||
! colspan="1" | Locative | |||
| colspan="2" | yúgei || colspan="2" | yúgais | |||
|} | |||
===Pronoun=== | |||
===Verb=== | |||
Loss of the middle voice r-endings. | |||
Creation of the future tense from former desiderative -s-. | |||
====Copula==== | |||
{| class="wikitable" | |||
! Person | |||
! Present<br/>indicative | |||
! Imperfect<br/>indicative | |||
! Optative | |||
! Imperative | |||
|- | |||
! 1st singular | |||
| *ísani | |||
| *ásan | |||
| *ísjēn | |||
| — | |||
|- | |||
! 2nd singular | |||
| *íssi | |||
| *ís | |||
| *isjēs | |||
| *ísdʰi | |||
|- | |||
! 3rd singular | |||
| *ísti | |||
| *íst | |||
| *isjēt | |||
| *ístu | |||
|- | |||
! 1st dual | |||
| *swús | |||
| *swé | |||
| *sī́we | |||
| — | |||
|- | |||
! 2nd dual | |||
| *ístes | |||
| *íston | |||
| *íston | |||
| *íston | |||
|- | |||
! 3rd dual | |||
| *ístes | |||
| *ístān | |||
| *ístān | |||
| *ístān | |||
|- | |||
! 1st plural | |||
| *sámos | |||
| *ísan | |||
| *sīn | |||
| — | |||
|- | |||
! 2nd plural | |||
| *ísti | |||
| *ísti | |||
| *sī́ti | |||
| *ísti | |||
|- | |||
! 3rd plural | |||
| *ásandi | |||
| *sánad | |||
| *sjánad | |||
| *sándu | |||
|} | |||
==Numerals== | |||
* 'one': | |||
* 'two': | |||
* 'three': | |||
* 'four': ''*wetwōr'' (> Finian {{sc|vissaa}} ''wissâ'', Limbe ωλυηρ ''ōluār'', Dhannuá uéduór ) | |||
* 'five': ''*pennwe'' (> Old Dhannuá PENVE ''penwe'', Finian {{sc|finni}} ''finni'') | |||
* 'six': | |||
* 'seven': | |||
==Schleicher's PIE fable rendered into Proto-Lusanic== | |||
Here follows a 'direct' phonetic evolution of the reconstructed PIE text in Proto-Lusanic. | |||
:''Proto-Lusanic'' (Bhitar Morningway<ref name="bhitar"></ref>) | |||
:: [Warai] Owiz, éwūzwe, wésjo wŭ́lnā ne est, éwunz spéket, aiwón warún wúghon weghondan, aiwónwe méghan bhóron, aiwonwe ghámenn, ṓku bhérondan. Owiz nu éwaibhoz wéuwet: kḗr aghnuda moy éwunz agondan néran wídandey. Ewoz tu weuwont: klúdhi, owei, kḗr aghnuda ánsmei wídandibhoz. anḗr, pódiz, awjon rṓ wúlnān sebhi warnéudi nu wéramon wéstron néghi awion wulnā ésdi. Tód hluwuz owiz agron bhugét. | |||
:''Proto-Lusanic'' (Ivanin Aiduvitić<ref name="ivanin"></ref>) | |||
:: [Wérei] Owis, éwēswe, wési̯o wŭ́lnā ne íst, éwāns spéket, éwon wárun wúghon woghondan, éwonwe méghan bhóron, éwonwe ghámenan, ṓku bhérondan. Owis nu éwai̯bhos wū́wet: kḗr aghna moi̯ éwens agondan néran wídandei̯. Eweis tu wū́wont: lúdhi, owei, kḗr aghna ánsamei̯ wídandibhos: ánēr, pódis, áwi̯on rō wúlnān swébhi wárnūdi nu wéramon wéstron néghi áwi̯on wŭ́lnā íst. Tód lúwus owis nu agron bhúget. | |||
:''Late Proto-Lusanic'' (Karl Svensson<ref name="karl"></ref>) | |||
:: [Wórei̯] Úis, ū́ziswe, úzi̯o ulanā ne ísti, ū́ans spéket, éūn wórun wúghon wóghondan, éūnwe mághan bhóron, éūnwe ghámenan, ṓku bhérondan. Úis nu ūobhos wū́t: kḗr aghana moi̯ ū́ins agondan néran wídandei̯. Úīs tu wūnt: lúdhi, úi, kḗr aghana ánasmei̯ wídandibhos: ánēr, pódis, ūi̯on rō ūlanān swébhi wórnūdi nu wóramon wóstaron néghi ūi̯on ŭlanā ísti. Tód lūs úis nu agron bhúget. | |||
===Notes=== | |||
<ref name="bhitar">Better do this in the morning, eh?</ref> | |||
<ref name="ivanin">Aiduvitić harshly criticised Morningway's reconstruction in '''Why Morningway is Wrong: An unhealthy focus on Finio-Dhannic vocalism''' and was the first to derive forms including Limbe-Mereian data.</ref> | |||
<ref name="karl">Representing a late Proto-Lusanic dialect probably basal to the Finio-Dhannic branch with w-contamination.</ref> | |||
<references/> |