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Inspirations: Mandarin, Semitic languages | Inspirations: Mandarin, Semitic languages, Old Irish | ||
==Todo== | |||
Proto *f v -> h? | |||
''yēni'' = laurel | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
[PAGENAME] has 22 consonants: | |||
/p t k p’ t’ k’ b d g m n/ ''p t k ṗ ṭ ḳ b d g m n'' | /p t k p’ t’ k’ b d g m n/ ''p t k ṗ ṭ ḳ b d g m n'' | ||
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/s ʃ ɬ ts’ tʃ’ ʔ h l r w j/ ''s š ś ṣ ṣ̌ ʔ h l r w y'' | /s ʃ ɬ ts’ tʃ’ ʔ h l r w j/ ''s š ś ṣ ṣ̌ ʔ h l r w y'' | ||
Verapamil non-ejective stops ''p t k b d g'' become spirants, written ''φ θ χ β δ γ'' respectively, when after a vowel and not geminated. | Verapamil non-ejective stops ''p t k b d g'' become spirants, written ''φ θ χ β δ γ'' respectively, when after a vowel and not geminated. This process is similar to Hebrew begadkefat, and some dialects even lenite ''m n r'' to /w̃ ð̃ ɾ/ in addition. | ||
The consonants /ʔ h/ and ejectives can't be geminated. | |||
==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
Nouns in | Nouns in [PAGENAME] come in three numbers: singular, dual and plural, and three states: indefinite, definite and construct (marked with suffixes and/or sometimes with vowel changes). Furthermore there are six cases marked with prepositions: | ||
*nominative | *nominative | ||
*accusative | *accusative | ||
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*locative | *locative | ||
*instrumental/comitative | *instrumental/comitative | ||
===Verbs=== | |||
Verbs don't inflect for person or tense, but they have two forms: absolute and conjunct, used as in Old Irish. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
[PAGENAME] syntax is SVO and head-final like Mandarin. | |||