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| region = Txapoalli, Talma, Etalocin; today worldwide | | region = Txapoalli, Talma, Etalocin; today worldwide | ||
| name = Quame | | name = Quame | ||
| altname = Naquo- | | altname = Naquo-Bjeheondo-Talman, Northwestern | ||
| familycolor = Quame | | familycolor = Quame | ||
| family = One of Tricin's primary language families | | family = One of Tricin's primary language families | ||
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}} | }} | ||
The '''Quame languages''' ([[Eevo]]: ''brits Cłem'', from ''*kʷēm | The '''Quame languages''' ([[Eevo]]: ''brits Cłem'', from ''*kʷēm'', the reconstructed word for 1), also known as '''Naquo-Bjeheondo-Talman''', are a major language family in [[Verse:Tricin|Tricin]]. It is well-established that that [[Naquic languages|Naquic]] and [[Talmic languages|Talmic]] form a Naquo-Talmic family; the relationship of other languages to Naquo-Talmic is conjectured by some but not well-established. | ||
The Quame urheimat is surmised to be somewhere in Etalocin (the union of Clofabolocin and [[Verse:Tricin/Dodellia|Dodellia]]). Proto-Quame was spoken 3000 years ago. | The Quame urheimat is surmised to be somewhere in Etalocin (the union of Clofabolocin and [[Verse:Tricin/Dodellia|Dodellia]]). Proto-Quame was spoken 3000 years ago. | ||
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==Family tree== | ==Family tree== | ||
* Quame | * Quame | ||
** [[Talmic languages]] | ** [[Talmic languages]] | ||
** [[Roshterian]] | ** [[Roshterian]] | ||
** [[Nurian]] | ** [[Nurian]] | ||
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=== Classifiers === | === Classifiers === | ||
*qon, pl. stē = animates (humans, more "animate" animals like pets) | *qon, pl. stē = animates (humans, more "animate" animals like pets) | ||
* | *ṭēn, pl. yes = honorific form of ne | ||
*kwon, pl. φrī = organisms not viewed as sentient: plants, fungi, "lower" animals, pests | *kwon, pl. φrī = organisms not viewed as sentient: plants, fungi, "lower" animals, pests | ||
* | *φās, pl. nē = generic inanimates | ||
* | *smār, pl. smin = tiny, point-like objects; mass nouns | ||
* | *oyr, pl. φal = long, thin objects | ||
* | *φū, pl. zoy = flat sheets | ||
*gī, pl. krūh = food items | *gī, pl. krūh = food items | ||
*rāw, pl. sya = abstractions; intellectual works such as art, books, ... | *rāw, pl. sya = abstractions; intellectual works such as art, books, ... | ||
* | *kmāh, pl. lū = manmade structures: houses, buildings, cities; tools | ||
** Units of measurement do not take classifiers with numerals. | ** Units of measurement do not take classifiers with numerals. | ||
== | ==Derivational morphology== | ||
* ''-sa'': "Caland" suffix | |||
* Compounding (head-final) | |||
[[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Quame languages|*]][[Category:Proto-languages]] | [[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Quame languages|*]][[Category:Proto-languages]] | ||
[[Category:Language families|Q]] | [[Category:Language families|Q]] |
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