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| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a descendent of [[Primitive ǃZoom]], inspired by Old Irish.
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| ==Introduction==
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| In clusters of two obstruents, two nasals, or a cluster consisting of a nasal and a obstruent, the frontest place of articulation becomes the click's front POA. (change this? this rule makes too many bilabial clicks. maybe tp > tk > !, only kp, pk become a bilabial click) With homorganic clusters this occurs only for obstruent+nasal clusters.
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| Primitive !Zoom -k becomes click mutation; PZ -ŋ becomes nasal mutation/eclipsis; PZ -h becomes h-prothesis.
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| ==Phonology==
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| <poem>
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| Old !Zoom has a large phoneme inventory:
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| Vowels:
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| a ɛ e i o u y a: e: eɪ i: o: oʊ u: ø: øʏ y: '''a ä e i o u ü á é ei í ó ou ú ő öü ű'''
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| Non-clicks:
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| Labials: p pʰ b bʰ m mʰ '''p ph b bh m mh'''
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| Dentals: t tʰ d dʰ n nʰ l lʰ '''t th d dh n nh l lh'''
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| Velars: k kʰ g gʰ ŋ ŋʰ '''k kh g gh ŋ ŋh'''
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| Labiovelars: kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʰ ŋʷ ŋʷʰ '''kw kwh gw gwh ŋw ŋwh'''
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| Dental affricates: ts tsʰ dz dzʰ '''c ch z zh'''
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| Lateral affricates: tɬ tɬʰ dɮ dɮʰ '''ξ ξh λ λh'''
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| Palatal affricates: tʃ tʃʰ dʒ dʒʰ '''č čh j jh'''
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| Other consonants: f s ɬ ʃ h '''f s σ š h'''
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| Clicks:
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| ʘ ʘʰ gʘ gʘʰ ŋʘ ŋʘʰ '''pk pkh bg bgh bŋ bŋh'''
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| ! !ʰ g! g!ʰ n! n!ʰ '''tk tkh dg dgh dŋ dŋh'''
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| | |ʰ g| g|ʰ n| n|ʰ '''ck ckh zg zgh zŋ zŋh'''
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| ǁ ǁʰ gǁ gǁʰ nǁ nǁʰ '''ξk ξkh λg λgh λŋ λŋh'''
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| ǂ ǂʰ gǂ gǂʰ nǂ nǂʰ '''čk čkh jg jgh jŋ jŋh'''
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| + labialized counterparts of the above clicks: '''pkw, pkwh, bgw, bgwh, ...'''
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| </poem>
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| ==Morphology==
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| ===Nouns and adjectives===
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| <poem>
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| Old !Zoom evolved from Primitive !Zoom via syncope, umlaut and resulting clusters becoming clicks. Only nasal+C clusters are allowed in Old Zoom; it also has evolved a distinctive Old Irish-like stress pattern.
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| Nouns and adjectives in Old Zoom:
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| Like Primitive !Zoom, Old !Zoom is a fusional language with Austronesian alignment. Nouns and adjectives have two numbers, singular and plural, and three cases: direct, indirect and "genitive" (used after prepositions).
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| Construct state is used for possessive noun phrases, which are head-initial; unusually, case is marked on the LAST noun in a construct noun phrase.
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| Case is often marked by a definite article which triggers mutations on the noun, as in Irish. There are two kinds of mutations: click mutation, nasal mutation and h-prothesis (h-prothesis only occurs in vowel-initial words).
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| Adjectives agree with nouns in the kind of mutation that they take.
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| (Note: A buffer [ə] may be added between two clicks.)
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| A masculine noun: pódŋh /po:ŋ!ʰ/ "stone"
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| Singular:
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| dir: pódŋh /po:ŋ!ʰ/ < pônkha /'po:nkʰa/
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| ind: pődŋh /pø:ŋ!ʰ/ < pônkhi /'po:nkʰi/
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| gen: pódŋh-N /po:ŋ!ʰ/ < pônkhaŋ /'po:nkʰaŋ/
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| const: pődŋh-H /pø:ŋ!ʰ/ < pônkhih /'po:nkʰah/
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| Plural:
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| dir: pódŋha-C /'po:ŋ!ʰa/ < pônkhâk
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| ind: pódŋhe-C /'po:ŋ!ʰe/ < pônkhêk
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| gen: pódŋhi /'po:ŋ!ʰi/ < pônkhai
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| const: pódŋhu /'po:ŋ!ʰu/ < pônkhau
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| A feminine noun: tíjŋ = a species of songbird
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| Singular:
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| dir: tízŋ-C /ti:ŋǂ/ < tîŋicak
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| ind: tízŋ-H /ti:ŋǂ/ < tîŋicah
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| gen: tízŋa /'ti:ŋǂa/ < tîŋicâ
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| const: tízŋe /'ti:ŋǂe/ < tîŋicê
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| Plural:
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| dir: tízŋa-N /'ti:ŋǂa/ < tîŋicâŋ
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| ind: tízŋe-N /'ti:ŋǂe/ < tîŋicêŋ
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| gen: tízŋi /'ti:ŋǂi/ < tîŋicai
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| const: tízŋu /'ti:ŋǂu/ < tîŋicau
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| With a definite article and an adjective this becomes:
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| (Masculine example: ca pódŋh dún "the good stone")
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| Singular:
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| dir: ca pódŋh dún /tsa po:ŋ!ʰ(ə) du:n/ < ca pônkha dûnu
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| ind: ci pődŋh dún /tsi pø:ŋ!ʰ(ə) du:n/ < ci pônkhi dûnu
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| gen: ci bódŋh nún /tsi bo:ŋ!ʰ(ə) nu:n/ < caŋ pônkhaŋ dûnuŋ
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| const: pődŋh dún /pø:ŋ!ʰ(ə) du:n/ < pônkhih dûnuh
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| Plural:
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| dir: kha pkódŋha dgúnu /kʰa 'ʘo:ŋ!ʰa 'g!u:nu/ < khak pônkhâk dûnûk
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| ind: khi pkódŋhe dgúnu /kʰe 'ʘo:ŋ!ʰe 'g!u:nu/ < khik pônkhêk dûnûk
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| gen: khi pódŋhi dúni /kʰi 'po:ŋ!ʰi 'g!u:ni/ khai pônkhai dûnai
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| const: pódŋhu dúnu /'po:ŋ!ʰu 'g!u:nu/ pônkhau dûnau
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| (Feminine example: ca tkíjŋ dgún "the good tíjŋ")
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| Singular:
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| dir: ca tkíjŋ dgún /tsa !i:ŋǂ(ə) g!u:n/ < cak tîŋičak dûnuk
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| ind: ca tíjŋ dún /tsa ti:ŋǂ(ə) du:n/ < cah tîŋičah dûnuh
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| gen: ca tíjŋa dúnu /tsa 'ti:ŋǂa 'du:nu/ < câ tîŋičâ dûnû
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| const: ce tíjŋe dúnu /tse 'ti:ŋǂe 'du:nu/ < cê tîŋičê dûnû
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| Plural:
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| dir: kha díjŋa núnu /kʰa 'di:ŋǂa nu:nu/ < khaŋ tîŋičâŋ dûnûŋ
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| ind: khi díjŋe núnu /kʰe 'di:ŋǂe nu:nu/ < khiŋ tîŋičêŋ dûnûŋ
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| gen: khi tíjŋi dúnu /kʰi 'ti:ŋǂi du:nu/ < khai tîŋičai dûnû
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| const: tíjŋu dúnu /'ti:ŋǂu du:nu/ < tîŋičau dûnû
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| </poem>
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| ===Verbs===
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| Old !Zoom verbs are inspired by Old Irish verbs; they display independent vs. dependent allomorphy.
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| An unprefixed verb (imperfective aspect):
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| (these are independent forms,used in unmarked clauses. In Primitive !Zoom, the -ih clitic was used for non-prefixed verbs in imperfective aspect; other aspects display different patterns in the use of the -ih clitic. Or maybe -ih should be a progressive aspect marker?)
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| jabhic /'dʒabʰɪts/ < jábhac-ih 'I raise'
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| jabhik /'dʒabʰɪk/ < jábhuk-ih 'you (sg.) raise'
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| jabh /dʒabʰ/ < jábha-h 'he, she, it raises'
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| jobghu /'dʒogʘʰu/ < jábhuσu-h 'we raise'
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| jobŋhi /'dʒoŋʘʰi/ < jábhumi-h 'you (pl.) raise'
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| jäpkha /'dʒɛʘʰa/ < jábhikha-h 'they raise'
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| With another preverb the dependent forms are used:
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| bó·jabhac /bo:'dʒabʰats/ < bô-jábhac 'I do not raise'
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| bó·jobh /bo:'dʒobʰ/ < bô-jábhuk 'you do not raise'
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| bó·jabh /bo:'dʒabʰ/ < bô-jábha 'he does not raise'
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| bó·jobhaσ /bo:'dʒobʰaɬ/ < bô-jábhuσu 'we do not raise'
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| bó·jobham /bo:'dʒobʰam/ < bô-jábhumi 'you (pl.) do not raise'
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| bó·jäbhakh /bo:'dʒɛbʰakʰ/ < bô-jábhikha 'they do not raise '
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| A verb with a preverb attached:
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| (these forms are "deuterotonic")
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| dha·jgabhic /dʰa'gǂabʰats/ < dhakw-jábhac-ih 'I attract'
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| dha·jgabhik /dʰa'gǂobʰ/ < dhakw-jábhuk-ih 'you attract'
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| dha·jgabh /dʰa'gǂabʰ/ < dhakw-jábha-h 'he attracts'
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| dha·jgobghu /dʰa'gǂogʘʰu/ < dhakw-jábhuσô-h 'we attract'
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| dha·jgobŋhi /dʰa'gǂoŋʘʰi/ < dhakw-jábhumi-h 'you (pl.) attract'
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| dha·jgäpkha /dʰa'gǂɛʘʰa/ < dhakw-jábhikha-h 'they attract'
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| With another preverb the dependent forms are used:
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| (these forms are called "prototonic".)
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| bó·dhabgwhac /bo:'dʰagʘʷʰats/ < bô-dhákw-jabhac 'I do not attract'
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| bó·dhabgwh /bo:'dʰagʘʷʰ/ < bô-dhákw-jabhuk 'you do not attract'
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| bó·dhabgwh /bo:'dʰagʘʷʰ/ < bô-dhákw-jabha 'he does not attract'
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| bó·dhabgwhaσ /bo:'dʰagʘʷʰaɬ/ < bô-dhákw-jabhuσô 'we do not attract'
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| bó·dhabgwham /bo:'dʰagʘʷʰam/ < bô-dhákw-jabhumi 'you (pl.) do not attract'
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| bó·dhabgwhakh /bo:'dʰagʘʷʰakʰ/ < bô-dhákw-jabhikha 'they do not attract'
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| </poem>
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| ==Syntax==
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| ===Constituent order===
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| Word order is Verb + Direct case NP + Indirect case NP.
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| ===Noun phrase===
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| ===Verb phrase===
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| ===Sentence phrase===
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| ===Dependent clauses===
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