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| '''Proto-North-Rttirrian''' is the reconstructed common ancestor of the North branch of the Rttirrian family of languages, and a direct descendant of [[Proto-Rttirrian]]. It was likely spoken around 300–400 CE in present-day [[w:Myanmar|Myanmar]]. | | '''Old Zoki''' is the reconstructed common ancestor of Zoki and a few closely related languages spoken in [[w:Myanmar|Myanmar]]. It is part of the North Rttirrian branch of the Rttirrian family of languages, and a direct descendant of [[Proto-North-Rttirrian]]. |
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| ==History==
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| :''See also: [[Proto-Rttirrian]]''
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| Proto-North-Rttirrian descended from [[Proto-Rttirrian]]. A summary of the major changes from Proto-North-Rttirrian follows:
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| * The old [[w:animacy|animacy]] system stopped being used to distinguish nouns or pronouns. However, the old third-person animacy affixes were reanalyzed as reflecting a different kind of verb, and innovated first-person and second-person verb inflections for this kind of verb as well. This new verb class, called ''Form II'' verbs by convention, represented a more mild meaning than ''Form I'' verbs. This represents a rudimentary form of what would grow into a complicated root-and-pattern inflectional system reminiscent of those of the [[w:Semitic languages|Semitic]] languages.
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| * The "fourth tense" from Proto-Rttirrian, whose original function is unknown, became a sort of [[w:infinitive|infitinive]] or verbal noun mechanism.
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| * The old consonant transcribed as *''l<sub>1</sub>'' mutated to /x/ and devoiced all adjacent consonants, while the old consonant *''l<sub>2</sub>'' simply disappeared.
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| :* Adjacent to both *''l<sub>1</sub>'' and *''l<sub>2</sub>'', vowels mutated:
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| ::* <nowiki>*</nowiki>/ä/ > /ɔ/
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| ::* <nowiki>*</nowiki>/i/ > /e/
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| ::* <nowiki>*</nowiki>/u/ > /o/
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| * Similarly, when adjacent to the approximant /j/, */a/ raised to /e/ and */u/ lowered to /o/. */a/ also raised to /e/ when adjacent to a fricative, and */u/ lowered past /o/ to /ɔ/ when adjacent to */k/ and */g/.
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| * The affricate /t͡ʃ/ shifted to /ʃ/. A voiced complement, /ʒ/, was formed by most instances of /z/ when adjacent to /i/, /e/, or /j/.
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| * <nowiki>*</nowiki>/w/ merged into the fricative /β/.
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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
| ===Consonants=== | | ===Consonants=== |
| Proto-North-Rttirrian possessed the following consonants:
| | Old Zoki possessed the following consonants: |
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| | *'''rl''' /ɭ/<br>*'''rr''' /ɻ/ | | | *'''rl''' /ɭ/<br>*'''rr''' /ɻ/ |
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| ===Vowels=== | | ===Vowels=== |
| The following vowels had evolved from the much simpler system of [[Proto-Rttirrian]]: | | The following vowels were used: |
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| ==Grammar== | | ==Grammar== |
| Proto-North-Rttirrian retained much of the inflectional complexity of [[Proto-Rttirrian]], although its verbal affixes were starting to become more regularized and clearly separated between Form I and Form II.
| | Old Zoki had several verb forms, each giving a different nuance to the concept expressed in the biliteral or triliteral root. These forms are summarized below. |
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| ===Verbs===
| | Note that Form V was marginal and only applicable to a handful of verb roots, mostly relating to ______ or ______. |
| The following verb prefixes are reconstructed:
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| !colspan="6" | Verb Form I
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| !colspan="6" | Verb Form II
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| !colspan="2" | 1st
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| !colspan="2" | 2nd
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| !colspan="2" | 3rd
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| !colspan="2" | 1st
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| !colspan="2" | 2nd
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| !colspan="2" | 3rd
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| ! Sing. | | !colspan="6"|Forms |
| ! Pl. | | !colspan="2"|Examples |
| ! Sing.
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| !Past | | !Past |
| | ''*mo-''
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| | ''*mom-''
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| | ''*ap-''
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| | ''*am-''
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| | ''*bo-''
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| | ''*bom-''
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| | ''*mopa-''
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| | ''*mobam-''
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| | ''*apa-''
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| | ''*abam-''
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| | ''*papa-''
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| | ''*babam-''
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| !Present | | !Present |
| | ''*na-''
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| | ''*nam-''
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| | ''*af-''
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| | ''*sam-''
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| | ''*kha-''
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| | ''*khem-''
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| | ''*narda-''
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| | ''*nardam-''
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| | ''*arda-''
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| | ''*sardam-''
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| | ''*rdarda-''
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| | ''*rdardam-''
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| !Future | | !Future |
| | ''*ne-''
| | !Gerund |
| | ''*mi-''
| | !Meaning |
| | ''*ke-''
| | !Biliteral root: k-b (to stop) |
| | ''*mi-''
| | !Triliteral root: t-j-n (to bother) |
| | ''*khe-''
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| | ''*mi-''
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| | ''*nerdi-''
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| | ''*mirdi-''
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| | ''*kerdi-''
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| | ''*mirdi-''
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| | ''*rdirdi-''
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| | ''*mirdi-''
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| !Gerund/<br>Infinitive | | ! I |
| | ''*ân-'' | | | ''_ō_(e_)'' |
| | ''*âm-'' | | | ''_ē_(e_)'' |
| | ''*âk-'' | | | ''_ē_(?_)'' |
| | ''*âm-'' | | | ''_ē_(?_)'' |
| | ''*ekh-'' | | | to undergo a process emphatically or suddenly |
| | ''*âm-''
| | | ''kēb'' – he stops suddenly |
| | ''*ânârd-'' | | | ''tējen'' – he goes crazy |
| | ''*âmâm-'' | |
| | ''*âkârd-''
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| | ''*âmâm-''
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| | ''*ârdârd-''
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| | ''*âmâm-''
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| Form II verb prefixes enacted some degree of ablaut on verbs:
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| :<nowiki>*</nowiki>Mo-i-viti gyo.
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| :1SG.NOM.PST.Form_I-TRANS-drag 3SG.ACC
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| :I dragged it.
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| :<nowiki>*</nowiki>Mopa-y'''a'''-v'''a'''t'''a''' gyo.
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| :1SG.NOM.PST.Form_II-TRANS-drag 3SG.ACC
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| :I tugged on it.
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| :<nowiki>*</nowiki>Ân-kaba
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| :1SG.GER.Form_I-stop
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| :that I stop abruptly
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| :<nowiki>*</nowiki>Ânârd-k'''â'''b'''â'''
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| :1SG.GER.Form_II-stop
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| :that I slow to a halt
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| ===Nouns===
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| The following noun suffixes are reconstructed:
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| ! colspan="2" | Singular
| | | ''_ā_(a_)'' |
| ! colspan="2" | Plural
| | | ''_ā_(a_)'' |
| | | ''_ī_(?_)'' |
| | | ''_ấ_(?_)'' |
| | | to undergo a process weakly or gradually |
| | | ''kāb'' – he slows to a halt |
| | | ''tājan'' – he hesitates |
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| ! Normal | | ! III |
| ! Diminutive
| | | ''_i_ō(_e)'' |
| ! Normal
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| ! Diminutive
| | | ''_i_ē(_?)'' |
| | | ''_i_ē(_?)'' |
| | | to act on someone/something emphatically or suddenly |
| | | ''kibē'' – he causes to stop suddenly |
| | | ''tijēne'' – he completely disrupts |
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| ! Nominative | | ! IV |
| | — | | | ''_i_ā(_a)'' |
| | ''*-a'' | | | ''_i_ā(_a)'' |
| | ''*-ma'' | | | ''_i_ī(_?)'' |
| | ''*-maz'' | | | ''_i_ấ(_?)'' |
| | | to act on someone/something weakly or gradually |
| | | ''kibā'' – he drags to a halt |
| | | ''tijāna'' – he annoys |
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| ! Accusative<br>(vestigial) | | ! V |
| | ''*-i/*-y'' | | | |
| | ''*-ey/*-y'' | | | |
| | ''*-mi'' | | | |
| | ''*-mizh'' | | | |
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| The following pronouns are reconstructed:
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| !colspan="2" | 1st
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| !colspan="2" | 2nd
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| !colspan="2" | 3rd
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| ! Nominative<br>(emphatic)
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| | ''*naku''
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| | ''*napu''
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| | ''*atu''
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| | ''*saku''
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| | ''*âtu''
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| | ''*âku''
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| ! Accusative
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| | ''*ni''
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| | ''*mey''
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| | ''*ki''
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| | ''*ksey''
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| | ''*gyo''
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| | ''*goy''
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| ! Possessive<br>noun prefix
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| | ''*na-''
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| | ''*mi-''
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| | ''*ak-''
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| | ''*sa-''
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| | ''*â-'' | |
| | ''*e-'' | |
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