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''' | '''Snachian''' (native name ''(an) Snhachamh'' /snʰakʰamʰ/, or ''bhò Snhachamh'') is a close relative of [[Eevo]] spoken on Snachian Island off northern Talma. It's inspired by Scottish Gaelic and Irish orthography. | ||
==Todo== | ==Todo== | ||
*''Lanna [srasandhacht] de h-aofrann cheallò'' = I'm a specialist in cello playing | *''Lanna [srasandhacht] de h-aofrann cheallò'' = I'm a specialist in cello playing | ||
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*''sos'' 'a man', ''sois'' 'men' | *''sos'' 'a man', ''sois'' 'men' | ||
Snachian lost grammatical gender. | |||
The definite article is ''an''-L for singular nouns and ''na''-N for plural nouns. One may drop the definite article in the singular (leaving behind just the lenition), and also in the plural (leaving behind the eclipsis) if the initial C of the noun is "eclipsable" (i.e. is one of ''∅, p, t, c, b, d, g, f, s''). If the noun cannot eclipse, the ''na'' is always used: ''na scaine'' 'the friends'. | The definite article is ''an''-L for singular nouns and ''na''-N for plural nouns. One may drop the definite article in the singular (leaving behind just the lenition), and also in the plural (leaving behind the eclipsis) if the initial C of the noun is "eclipsable" (i.e. is one of ''∅, p, t, c, b, d, g, f, s''). If the noun cannot eclipse, the ''na'' is always used: ''na scaine'' 'the friends'. | ||
Colloquial | Colloquial Snachian may also drop the plural suffix for definite plural nouns: ''na scain'' or ''mbùta'' for ''na scaine'' or ''(na) mbùtann'' is often heard. | ||
Personal names and place names do not always obey mutation rules. | Personal names and place names do not always obey mutation rules. | ||
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casual | casual Snachian could overgeneralize 'an' into an emphatic particle | ||
shàr = the cat | shàr = the cat | ||
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The Thensarian relativizer ''rin'' turned into a genitive marker: ''(an) schain ri Aodhàn'' (Aodhàn's friend). It can be omitted in casual | The Thensarian relativizer ''rin'' turned into a genitive marker: ''(an) schain ri Aodhàn'' (Aodhàn's friend). It can be omitted in casual Snachian: ''schain Aodhàn''. | ||
===Adjectives=== | ===Adjectives=== | ||
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===Copula=== | ===Copula=== | ||
Snachian has a copula ''laidh'' which inflects as follows: | |||
Present tense: ''lanna, lair, lù, laì, lac, lamh, laid, lar, laobh'' -- and ''laidh'' for nonpronominal subjects | Present tense: ''lanna, lair, lù, laì, lac, lamh, laid, lar, laobh'' -- and ''laidh'' for nonpronominal subjects | ||
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===Verbs=== | ===Verbs=== | ||
The | The Snachian verbal system is very different from that of its ancestor [[Tigol]]. A modern Snachian verb has only three principal parts: the present analytic, the future analytic, and the verbal noun. | ||
Snachian analogized the analytic forms of verbs to all persons, and fused the personal pronoun with the verb: | |||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
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</poem> | </poem> | ||
The past tense is marked by a séimhiú on the verb as in Irish, except that the suffixes are the same as in the present tense. This comes from a construction that translates to "it was the case that ...". Even non-lenitable consonants get aspirated in casual | The past tense is marked by a séimhiú on the verb as in Irish, except that the suffixes are the same as in the present tense. This comes from a construction that translates to "it was the case that ...". Even non-lenitable consonants get aspirated in casual Snachian, though in the written language a particle is used when the first consonant isn't lenitable. | ||
The future tense is derived from the Old | The future tense is derived from the Old Snachian future tense: | ||
<poem> | <poem> | ||
moltanna, moltair, moltù, moltaì, moltac, moltamh, moltaid, moltar, moltam, moltaobh | moltanna, moltair, moltù, moltaì, moltac, moltamh, moltaid, moltar, moltam, moltaobh | ||
</poem> | </poem> | ||
The verbal noun is extremely irregular in | The verbal noun is extremely irregular in Snachian. One somewhat common way of deriving verbal nouns is with a prefix (''ao''+N) but other verbal nouns may use the suffixes ''-ach'', ''-t'', ''-ta/-te'', or ''-st''. Verbs loaned from Camalic simply use the stem as the verbal noun. Some verbal nouns are suppletive. | ||
Perfect tenses use the construction ''tainn'' ('after', often pronounced ''tann'') followed by the verbal noun. | Perfect tenses use the construction ''tainn'' ('after', often pronounced ''tann'') followed by the verbal noun. | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Snachian is a head-initial, topic-comment language with V2 order. It is wh-in-situ. | |||
===Faulty accusative=== | ===Faulty accusative=== | ||
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==Vocabulary== | ==Vocabulary== | ||
Snachian vocabulary includes many Tergetian loans. | |||
*''-aim/-im'' = female suffix | *''-aim/-im'' = female suffix | ||