2,568
edits
No edit summary |
|||
| Line 25: | Line 25: | ||
== Anthropology == | == Anthropology == | ||
Central, Dardic, Eastern, Northern, Northwestern, Southern, Western | Central, Dardic, Eastern, Northern, Northwestern, Southern, Western | ||
== Phonology and Orthography == | == Phonology and Orthography == | ||
| Line 86: | Line 77: | ||
|} | |} | ||
=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
a, e, i, o, u and au and | a, e, i, o, u and syllabic r (no ai, au, or syllabic l). | ||
=== Phonotactics === | |||
V, C, CV, CCV, CVC, CCVC, CVCC. Only nasals are allowed word finally. | |||
== Grammar == | |||
Tripartite alignment is the compromise between so many split-ergative and nominative-accusative languages. | |||
* The subject of an intransitive clause is unmarked. | |||
* The subject of a transitive clause is marked with the ergative postposition, ne/𑀦𑁂. | |||
* The object of a transitive clause is marked with the accusative postposition, ma/𑀫. | |||
* The genitive postposition is sa/𑀲. | |||
[[File: Major Indo-Aryan languages.png]] | [[File: Major Indo-Aryan languages.png]] | ||