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| '''Tumacan''' is the most grammatically conservative surviving descendant of [[Old Eevo]]; it's spoken in the island nation of Tumaca. | | '''Tumacan''' is the most grammatically conservative surviving descendant of [[Old Eevo]]; it's spoken in the island nation of Tumaca. |
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| ==Phonology== | | ==Idea== |
| ===Consonants===
| | Hiberno-Arabic (emphatic vs. palatalized; a ā i ī u ū) |
| */b d dʒ g/ are devoiced to (unaspirated) [p t c k] in all positions.
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| *ch > š
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| */n, ʟ, ɾ/ distinguish between "fortis" or unlenited [n̪, ɫ, r] and "lenis" or lenited [ð̞̃, ʀ, z].
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| *''th, dh'' are [ħ, z] word-initially and become [h, z] word-finally.
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| */ʉ, ɵ/ are always fully back [uː, oː].
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| m > b
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| grammatical mutation: just lenition
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| ph bh fh mh th dh sh ch gh > f v f m ħ d š ç j
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| N L R / n l r > [n̪, ɫ, r] / [ð̞̃, ʀ, z].
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| the current consonant system:
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| m n ng
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| ph th kh
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| p t k
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| b d
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| f s š ç H h
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| v (nasalized δ) z R
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| r l j
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| ===Vowels===
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| Tumacan retains some Old Bhadhagha diphthongs - and has altered some of them.
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| Most importantly, Tumacan retains Old Bhadhagha final vowel qualities instead of reducing final vowels like [[Bhadhagha]].
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| a e i o u > a ə i o u
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| á é í ó ú > oa ei í ou iu
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| ai ei io oi ui > ä e i e i
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| ae ao ái éi eó éu ia ío íu iú ói oí ua úi uí
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| > á au á ei ea au ia io í ú oi əi ua ú əi
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| ==Morphology==
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| ===Nouns===
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| Tumacan retains construct state and the [[Old Bhadhagha]] possessive suffixes.
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| *''boaz'', ''im boaz'', ''báze'' - tree, the tree, tree of
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| *''báza'', ''na báza'', ''bázan'' - trees, the trees, trees of
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| possessed forms:
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| *''bázen''
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| *''bázes''
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| *''bázu''
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| *''bázi''
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| *''bázam''
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| *''bázat''
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| *''bázak''
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| *''bázaz''
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| ===Verbs===
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| tumaca could have b-prefixation (lenition or b-) only when there's a direct object
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| ní on the other hand doesnt trigger lenition (it didn't in OT)
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| *1sg: túsain > tiusen
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| *2sg: túsair > tiusez
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| *3sg: tús > tius (not pro-drop)
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| *1pl.exc: túsaiṁ > tiusem
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| *1pl.inc: túsait > tiused
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| *2pl: túsaisc > tiuseš
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| *3pl: tiusa or tiusai (not used with non-pronominal subjects)
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| [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Tricin]] | | [[Category:Languages]][[Category:Tricin]] |
| [[Category:Talmic languages]] | | [[Category:Talmic languages]] |