Proto-Prepsic

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Proto-Prepsic is a future descendant of the Prepsocandin dialect of Clofabosin. It is the most recent common ancestor of the Prepsic languages.

todo

Numbers: viwa, ez/er, rii, sal, lof, of, cif, zol, tisj, vad, gaar, fem, tlut, 144: san 1728: iht

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

m n ṇ p t tl ṭ c b d dl ḍ g f s sj hl h v z l r w /m n ɳ p t tɬ ʈ c~k b d dɮ ɖ ɟ~g f s ʃ ɬ x~h v z l r w/

Vowels

a e i o u aa ee ii oo uu /a e i o ɨ a: e: i: o: ɨ:/

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Morphophonology

Morphology

Nouns

amp 'human'
Singular Plural
Nominative amp ampai
Accusative ampin ampain
Genitive ampol ampaal
Dative amposj ampaasj
Locative amp ampaiʔ
Ablative ampizant ampaizant
Comitative ampaz ampaaz

-a (after C), -na (after V)

Verbs

Tense agreement which was present in Clofabosin was largely lost: unlike Clofabosin, Proto-Prepsic has a clear division between "finite" and "non-finite" forms.

Finite forms

Negative: -fo-/-tu-


Indicative Predicative Desiderative
Past Predicative -:l -naal -fraal
Interrogative -:mal -naamal -fraamal
Attributive -:lil -naalil -fraalil
Present Predicative -:r -naar -froor
Interrogative -mpel -nampel -frompel
Attributive -dil -nadil -fradil
Future Predicative -sj -nasj -frasj
Interrogative -sjimpel -nasjimpel -frasjimpel
Attributive -hil -nahil -frahil
Imperative Singular -se
Plural -rin
Infinitive -ma -numa -frauma

Non-finite forms

"If" "Only if" "When" "While" Conjunctive Resultative Optative
-zaṭa -ahta -hlant -sem -hast -sti -me

Voice

  • -liir passive
  • -haar causative

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

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