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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==
f -> ɸ -> h?
vowel reduction into 'a'?
A breathy voice vowel split
''ikcav'' = "topic"?
''ikcav'' = "topic"?


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| '''v''' /v/
| '''v''' /v/
| '''z''' /z/
| '''z''' /z/
| '''ž''' /ʒ/
| '''ž''' /Z/
| '''r''' /ʁ/
| '''r''' /ʁ/
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! |<small>voiceless</small>
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| '''c''' /ts/
| '''c''' /ts/
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! |<small>voiced</small>
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| '''dz''' /dz/
| '''j''' /dʒ/
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! colspan="2" |Approximant
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===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
Tsrovesh phonology only allows open syllables (syllabic resonants count as vowels), except final consonants are allowed.<!--
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.
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===Stress===
===Stress===
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==Morphology==
==Morphology==
===Nouns===
===Nouns===
Plurals by redup: ''crov'' 'a language' > ''circrov'' 'languages'
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-)


some uncanny hebrew or nahuatl prefixes (like mitz-)
me- for the present (from PLak mi)
 
me- for the present imperfective? (it could use a welsh-like grammatical shift of progressive -> imperfective)


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(ə)CiC -> CaCaC
*C(a)CiC -> CaCaC
*C(ə)CaC -> CaCeC
*C(a)CaC -> CaCeC
*C(ə)CoC -> CaCuC
*C(a)CoC -> CaCuC
*C(ə)CeC -> liCCaC
*C(a)CeC -> liCCaC
*C(ə)CuC -> liCCeCon
*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?


Telic = ?
===Pronominal suffixes===
*1sg -ivi
*1du.in -er
*2sg -eš
*3sg -ek
*1pl.ex -ivli
*1pl.in -erli
*2pl -ešli
*3pl -ekli


===Pronominal suffixes===
-ili, -eč, -ek, -eš, -eb?
===Derivational morphology===
===Derivational morphology===
*''atse-'' 'style of, à la'
*''atse-'' 'style of, à la'
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==Numbers==
==Numbers==
Windermere 1-6: doan, rath, stiw, smech, müets, tach
adan, avat, šelvi, sṃči, mevci, dači, avci, lucebi, azorbi, kteva?
 
azar, kin, šelvi, sṃči, mevci, cohi, avci, lucebi, azorbi, kteva?


kteva azareb, kteva kineb, kteva šelvib, ktela sṃčib, ... (could those be KTAC words?)
kteva adaneb, kteva avateb, kteva šelvib, ktela sṃčib, ... (could those be KTAC words?)


==Example texts==
==Example texts==
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