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'''Tsrovesh''' (''croveš'' /tsʁoˈveʃ/) is a [[Lakovic]] language spoken in [[Verse:Tricin/Zagvneti|Zagvneti]] in Talma, inspired by Modern Hebrew, Georgian, and Armenian. | '''Tsrovesh''' (''croveš'' /tsʁoˈveʃ/) is a [[Lakovic]] language spoken in [[Verse:Tricin/Zagvneti|Zagvneti]] in Talma, inspired by Modern Hebrew, Georgian, and Armenian. | ||
It is a mostly agglutinative language. | |||
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==Introduction== | ==Introduction== | ||
Unlike Classical Windermere or Tseer, Tsrovesh has many loans from an ancient (unnamed) pre-Lakovic substrate, often called the ''[[KTAC|Kodṛcha-Tzameshut Archeological Complex]]'' (KTAC). | Unlike Classical Windermere or Tseer, Tsrovesh has many loans from an ancient (unnamed) pre-Lakovic substrate, often called the ''[[KTAC|Kodṛcha-Tzameshut Archeological Complex]]'' (KTAC). | ||
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==Todo== | ==Todo== | ||
''ikcav'' = "topic"? | ''ikcav'' = "topic"? | ||
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| '''v''' /v/ | | '''v''' /v/ | ||
| '''z''' /z/ | | '''z''' /z/ | ||
| '''ž''' / | | '''ž''' /Z/ | ||
| '''r''' /ʁ/ | | '''r''' /ʁ/ | ||
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| '''c''' /ts/ | | '''c''' /ts/ | ||
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! colspan="2" |Approximant | ! colspan="2" |Approximant | ||
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===Phonotactics=== | ===Phonotactics=== | ||
Tsrovesh phonology is slightly less restrictive than Israeli Hebrew but much more so than Georgian. As in both languages, initial consonant clusters appear frequently in Tsrovesh. Initial clusters of the form ''l/r'' + consonant are allowed (Are those really syllabic resonants?). For example: | Tsrovesh phonology is slightly less restrictive than Israeli Hebrew but much more so than Georgian. As in both languages, initial consonant clusters appear frequently in Tsrovesh. Initial clusters of the form ''l/r'' + consonant are allowed (Are those really syllabic resonants?). For example: | ||
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All final clusters are prohibited. | All final clusters are prohibited. | ||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | ===Nouns=== | ||
Plurals by redup: ''crov'' 'a language' > '' | Plurals by redup: ''crov'' 'a language' > ''crcrov'' 'languages' | ||
Definite suffix ''-i'' or ''-ti'': ''lakov'' 'a person' > ''lakovi'' 'the person'; ''ertma'' 'a spider' > ''ertmati'' 'the spider' | Definite suffix ''-i'' or ''-ti'': ''lakov'' 'a person' > ''lakovi'' 'the person'; ''ertma'' 'a spider' > ''ertmati'' 'the spider' | ||
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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
mic- (from PLak *mi-ca-, ca- is related to Wdm sa-) | |||
me- for the present (from PLak mi) | |||
me- for the present | |||
bare verb stem = subjunctive | bare verb stem = subjunctive/future | ||
past tense ablaut (like gzin -> gazan; lvar -> laver) | past tense ablaut (like gzin -> gazan; lvar -> laver) - from *-H? | ||
Ablaut patterns: | Ablaut patterns: | ||
*C( | *C(a)CiC -> CaCaC | ||
*C( | *C(a)CaC -> CaCeC | ||
*C( | *C(a)CoC -> CaCuC | ||
*C( | *C(a)CeC -> liCCaC | ||
*C( | *C(a)CuC -> liCCeCon | ||
ə may appear as /a/ in some verbs, like ''žacem'' -> ''ližcam'' | ə may appear as /a/ in some verbs, like ''žacem'' -> ''ližcam'' | ||
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li- ~ ni- some past tense morpheme in Proto-Ashanic? | li- ~ ni- some past tense morpheme in Proto-Ashanic? | ||
===Pronominal suffixes=== | |||
*1sg -ivi | |||
*1du.in -er | |||
*2sg -eš | |||
*3sg -ek | |||
*1pl.ex -ivli | |||
*1pl.in -erli | |||
*2pl -ešli | |||
*3pl -ekli | |||
===Derivational morphology=== | ===Derivational morphology=== | ||
*''atse-'' 'style of, à la' | *''atse-'' 'style of, à la' | ||
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==Numbers== | ==Numbers== | ||
adan, avat, šelvi, sṃči, mevci, dači, avci, lucebi, azorbi, kteva? | |||
kteva | kteva adaneb, kteva avateb, kteva šelvib, ktela sṃčib, ... (could those be KTAC words?) | ||
==Example texts== | ==Example texts== |
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