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''' | '''Classical Thean''' forms the basis of Literary Thean which was used as a literary language of Thea for over 2000 years before the emergence of Modern Standard Thean. | ||
== History == | |||
The oldest attested writing in Thean used a logography. | |||
== Example sentences == | == Example sentences == | ||
* ''dhat muː gwhaː xay'' 'I am your father' | * ''dhat muː gwhaː xay'' 'I am your father' | ||
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* ''təkwle:ns xwaː (gwher) 2lar'' (teacher AUX.REL.3SG (LOC) breathe) 'the teacher that is breathing' | * ''təkwle:ns xwaː (gwher) 2lar'' (teacher AUX.REL.3SG (LOC) breathe) 'the teacher that is breathing' | ||
== | == Classical Thean phonology == | ||
=== Simple initials === | === Simple initials === | ||
* /m n l r/ m n l r | * /m n l r/ m n l r | ||
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* 2pl: na: | * 2pl: na: | ||
=== The | === The Classical Thean auxiliary === | ||
The Classical Thean clause-initial auxiliary was inflected for subject agreement, tense, mood, and independent vs. dependent clauses in a system about as complex as Colloquial Welsh. In subordinate clauses, the auxiliary often cliticized to the subordinating conjunction used. | |||
The | |||
The auxiliary had a zero form for the 2nd person present independent. (Cf. Welsh zero for 2sg present) | The auxiliary had a zero form for the 2nd person present independent. (Cf. Welsh zero for 2sg present) | ||
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== Syntax == | == Syntax == | ||
The Proto-Trans-Sarnathian word order was T1 S T2 V O. In | The Proto-Trans-Sarnathian word order was T1 S T2 V O. In Classical Thean, T2 becomes cliticized or lost, and T1 is the only word that inflects in a sentence. | ||
In later OTh, T1 becomes an invariable tense or discourse particle | In later OTh, T1 becomes an invariable tense or discourse particle | ||