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Tumacan/Lexicon

Tumacan is the most grammatically conservative surviving descendant of Old Eevo; it's spoken in the island nation of Tumaca (Ṭûṃaqa).

Idea

"Hiberno-Arabic" aesthetic (emphatic vs. palatalized; predominantly a á i í u ú; weight-sensitive stress; no gemination, tho). Basically it will sound a lot like Varquun.

• Epenthesize initial clusters. Ex. Then. briHants > OEe bríong, in bhríong > Tum barîng, am-varîng "bivalve mollusk"

• Final -ach becomes -ah as in Eevo.

Consonants

ṗ p ḅ b ṃ m f̣ f ṿ v ṭ t ḍ d ṣ s ṣ z q ch g j kh sh gh y ng ñ ħ h ḷ l ṛ r ṇ n ẓ Vowels:

a â i î u û ê ô ay aw

Stress falls on the last long vowel. If there is no long vowel, stress is initial.

Morphology

Nouns

Cases

Two numbers:

• singular
• plural

Each of these two numbers have the following forms:

• nominative absolute
• genitive absolute
• construct

Definite article and its mutations

The definite article is an- in both numbers; it becomes am-/aṃ- before a labial and ang- before a dorsal.

masculine (eclipsis): toṁair > ṭuṿar 'a knot'; in ⁿtoṁair > an-ḍuṿar 'the knot'

feminine (lenition): dé 'a female animal' > dê 'a cow'; in ḋé 'the female animal' > an-zê 'the cow'

neuter: blann > ḅaḷâṇ 'a room'; in blann > aṃ-ḅaḷâṇ 'the room'

Verbs

b-prothesis

This is used when the verb has a definite direct object.

It is realized as:

• lenition when the verb begins in a lenitable consonant
• b- when the verb begins in a vowel

qâ ang-khawN = the woman eats

khâ ang-khawN = it eats the woman

Present

• ṃuḷ-an = I thank
• ṃuḷ-ar = thou thankest
• ṃuḷ-am = he thanks
• ṃuḷ-ê = she thanks
• ṃuḷ-∅ = it thanks, [noun] thanks
• ṃuḷ-amah = we (exc.) thank
• ṃuḷ-ad = we (inc.) thank
• ṃuḷ-ah = ye thank
• ṃuḷ-av = they thank

Imperfect

• ṃuṃaḷ-an = I would thank
• ṃuṃaḷ-ar = thou wouldst thank
• ṃuṃaḷ-an = he would thank
• ṃuṃaḷ-ê = she would thank
• ṃuṃaḷ-∅ = it would thank, [noun] would thank
• ṃuṃaḷ-amah = we (exc.) would thank
• ṃuṃaḷ-ad = we (inc.) would thank
• ṃuṃaḷ-ah = ye would thank
• ṃuṃaḷ-av = they would thank

Preterite

• ṃuḷ-az = I thanked
• ṃuḷ-î = thou thankedst
• ṃuḷ-âm = he thanked
• ṃuḷ-âs = she thanked
• ṃuḷ-â = it thanked, [noun] thanked
• ṃuḷ-amaṛ = we (exc.) thanked
• ṃuḷ-adaṛ = we (inc.) thanked
• ṃuḷ-akhaṛ = ye thanked
• ṃuḷ-azaṛ = they thanked

Future

• ṃuḷ-ṭan = I shall thank
• ṃuḷ-ṭar = thou wilt thank
• ṃuḷ-ṭam = he will thank
• ṃuḷ-ṭê = she will thank
• ṃuḷ-ṭ = it will thank, [noun] will thank
• ṃuḷ-ṭamah = we (exc.) shall thank
• ṃuḷ-ṭad = we (inc.) shall thank
• ṃuḷ-ṭah = ye will thank
• ṃuḷ-ṭav = they will thank