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| {{Infobox language
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| |name = Pre-Owina
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| |nativename =
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| |pronunciation =
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| |region = East Siberia
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| |states =
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| |setting =
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| |speakers =
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| |date = c. 2000 BC
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| |fam1 = [[w:Indo-European languages|Indo-European]]
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| |script = [[w:Latin script|Latin]] (unofficially)
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| }}
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| ==History==
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| :''See also: [[w:Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]]''
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| Pre-Owina evolved from the [[w:Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]] language spoken somewhere in the Eurasian steppes. The following are among the notable changes that occurred as the Pre-Owina culture made its way into east Siberia:
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| * Voiced aspirated consonants became devoiced (but kept their aspiration).
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| * Short /e/ and /o/ were raised to /i/ and /u/ to make maximal use of the vowel space.
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| :* Afterward, vowel length was lost, so /eː/ and /oː/ became simply /e/ and /o/.
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| * Labialized consonants delabialized when preceding /u/ and /o/, and palatalized consonants depalatalized when preceding /i/.
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| * The consonants /j/ and /w/ shifted to /ʒ/ and /v/. Unlike most Indo-European languages where syllabic /j/ and /w/ became vocalic /i/ and /u/, here they remained consonantal.
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| :* When adjacent to a voiceless consonant, /ʒ/ and /v/ became /ʃ/ and /f/.
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| * Syllabic consonants became disallowed:
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| :* Syllabic /n/ and /r/ fronted to /e/, while syllabic /l/ vocalized to /o/.
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| :* The other syllabic consonants (/j/, /w/, and /m/) took on an epenthetic /a/ to separate them from other consonants. /ʃ/ and /f/ kept their voicelessness when pulled out of consonant clusters, thus cementing them as new phonemes.
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| * The dual number completely disappeared.
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| * Thematic inflection paradigms for nouns of the three original grammatical genders (masculine, neuter, and feminine) merged, creating a fourth "thematic" gender.
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| :* This gender adopted /qin/, a simplification of the Proto-Indo-European word for "other", as its pronoun.
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| * Unlike most Indo-European languages, which simplified the robust case system of Proto-Indo-European, Pre-Owina innovated two new cases under influence from nearby Siberian languages:
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| :* A [[w:comitative case|comitative]], from the postposition /kum/ ("with") suffixed to the accusative.
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| :* An [[w:illative case|illative]], from the postposition /xin/ ("in") suffixed to the dative.
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| ==Phonology==
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| ===Consonants===
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| Pre-Owina possessed the following consonants:
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| ! rowspan="2" |Labial
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| ! rowspan="2" |Alveolar
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| ! rowspan="2" |Palatal-<br>alveolar
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| ! rowspan="2" |Palatal
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| ! colspan="3" |Velar
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| ! colspan="2" |Uvular
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| ! Palatalized
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| ! Plain
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| ! Labialized
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| ! Plain
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| ! Labialized
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| ! colspan="2" | Nasal
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| | *'''m''' /m/
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| | *'''n''' /n/
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| ! rowspan="3" | Plosive
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| ! Voiceless
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| | *'''p''' /p/
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| | *'''t''' /t/
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| | *'''ky''' /kʲ/
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| | *'''k''' /k/
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| | *'''kw''' /kʷ/
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| ! Voiced
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| | *'''d''' /t/
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| | *'''gy''' /gʲ/
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| | *'''g''' /g/
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| | *'''gw''' /gʷ/
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| ! Aspirated
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| | *'''ph''' /pʰ/
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| | *'''th''' /tʰ/
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| | *'''kyh''' /kʲʰ/
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| | *'''kh''' /kʰ/
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| | *'''kwh''' /kʷʰ/
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| ! rowspan="2" | Fricative
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| ! Voiceless
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| | *'''f''' /f/
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| | *'''s''' /s/
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| | *'''sh''' /ʃ/
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| | *'''x''' /x/
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| | *'''q''' /χ/
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| | *'''qw''' /χʷ/
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| ! Voiced
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| | *'''v''' /v/
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| | *'''j''' /ʒ/
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| ! colspan="2" | Affricate
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| | *'''ch''' /t͡ʃ/
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| ! colspan="2" | Approximant
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| | *'''l''' /l/
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| | *'''r''' /r/
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| ===Vowels===
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| The following vowel phonemes are used:
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| ! Front
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| ! Central
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| ! Back
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| ! High
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| | *'''i''' /i/
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| | *'''u''' /u/
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| ! Mid
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| | *'''e''' /e/
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| | *'''o''' /o/
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| ! Low
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| | *'''a''' /a/
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| ===Phonotactics===
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| Syllables could be maximally SPAVAPS, where:
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| * S stands for any sibilant
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| * P stands for any plosive or fricative
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| * A stands for any approximant, flap/trill, or nasal
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| * V stands for any vowel
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| Pre-Owina inherited the phonemic stress system of [[w:Proto-Indo-European language|Proto-Indo-European]]. No syllable in a word had to be stressed, and sometimes more than one were. Here, stress is indicated with an acute accent, written thus:
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| :'''á é í ó ú'''
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| ==Grammar== | | ==Grammar== |
| ===Pronouns=== | | ===Pronouns=== |
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| ! Nominative | | ! Nominative |
| | ''*xig'' | | | ''*shig'' |
| | ''*ev'' | | | ''*e'' |
| | ''*fax'' | | | ''*far'' |
| | ''*ja'' | | | ''*ja'' |
| | ''*su'' | | | ''*su'' |
| | rowspan="2" | ''*tud'' | | | rowspan="2" | ''*tud'' |
| | ''*siq'' | | | ''*sir'' |
| | ''*qis'' | | | ''*ris'' |
| | ''*tuj'' | | | ''*tuj'' |
| | rowspan="2" | ''*tuq'' | | | rowspan="2" | ''*tur'' |
| | ''*tiqaj'' | | | ''*tiraj'' |
| | ''*qini'' | | | ''*rini'' |
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| ! Accusative | | ! Accusative |
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| | ''*vos'' | | | ''*vos'' |
| | ''*tum'' | | | ''*tum'' |
| | ''*tiq'' | | | ''*tir'' |
| | ''*qim'' | | | ''*rim'' |
| | ''*tuns'' | | | ''*tuns'' |
| | ''*tiqes'' | | | ''*tires'' |
| | ''*qines'' | | | ''*rines'' |
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| ! Genitive | | ! Genitive |
| | ''*míni'' | | | ''*míne'' |
| | ''*esu'' | | | ''*eso'' |
| | ''*tívi'' | | | ''*tíve'' |
| | ''*shafsu'' | | | ''*shɔso'' |
| | colspan="2" | ''*safó'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*sɔfó'' |
| | ''*isiq'' | | | ''*iser'' |
| | ''*qinchu'' | | | ''*rincho'' |
| | colspan="2" | ''*tisum'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*tisom'' |
| | ''*tiqum'' | | | ''*tirom'' |
| | ''*qinum'' | | | ''*rinom'' |
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| ! Dative | | ! Dative |
| | ''*míshu'' | | | ''*mísho'' |
| | ''*esmij'' | | | ''*esmej'' |
| | ''*pháju'' | | | ''*phájo'' |
| | ''*fasmij'' | | | ''*fasmej'' |
| | colspan="2" | ''*smój'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*smój'' |
| | ''*qij'' | | | ''*rij'' |
| | ''*qinij'' | | | ''*rinej'' |
| | colspan="2" | ''*tujmaf'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*tujmɔf'' |
| | ''*tiqmaf'' | | | ''*timɔf'' |
| | rowspan="2" | ''*qimus'' | | | rowspan="2" | ''*rimos'' |
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| ! Ablative | | ! Ablative |
| | ''*míd'' | | | ''*míd'' |
| | ''*esmid'' | | | ''*esmed'' |
| | ''*fíd'' | | | ''*fíd'' |
| | ''*fasmid'' | | | ''*fasmed'' |
| | colspan="3" | ''*smód'' | | | colspan="3" | ''*smód'' |
| | ''*qind'' | | | ''*rind'' |
| | colspan="2" | ''*tujus'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*tujos'' |
| | ''*tuqus'' | | | ''*turos'' |
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| ! Locative | | ! Locative |
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| | ''*fasmaj'' | | | ''*fasmaj'' |
| | colspan="2" | ''*smaj'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*smaj'' |
| | ''*qaj'' | | | ''*raj'' |
| | ''*qinch'' | | | ''*rinch'' |
| | colspan="2" | ''*chaf'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*chɔ'' |
| | ''*tiqshaf'' | | | ''*tishɔ'' |
| | ''*qinchaf'' | | | ''*rinchɔ'' |
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| ! Instrumental | | ! Instrumental |
| | ''*esmáj'' | | | ''*esmáj'' |
| | ''*fasmu'' | | | ''*fasmo'' |
| | colspan="3" | ''*tuj'' | | | colspan="3" | ''*tuj'' |
| | ''*qinax'' | | | ''*rinar'' |
| | colspan="2" | ''*tushphaj'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*tushphaj'' |
| | ''*tiqphaj'' | | | ''*tiphaj'' |
| | ''*qinash'' | | | ''*rinash'' |
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| ! Comitative | | ! Comitative |
| | ''*amík'' | | | ''*amík'' |
| | ''*esmík'' | | | ''*esmík'' |
| | ''*fíkum'' | | | ''*fíkom'' |
| | ''*voskum'' | | | ''*voskom'' |
| | ''*tiqum'' | | | ''*tərom'' |
| | ''*tudum'' | | | ''*turom'' |
| | ''*tuqum'' | | | ''*turom'' |
| | ''*qimum'' | | | ''*rimom'' |
| | ''*tunsum'' | | | ''*tunsom'' |
| | ''*tuqum'' | | | ''*turom'' |
| | ''*tiqem'' | | | ''*tirəm'' |
| | ''*qiskum'' | | | ''*riskom'' |
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| ! Illative | | ! Illative |
| | ''*míshuq'' | | | ''*míshor'' |
| | ''*esmin'' | | | ''*esmen'' |
| | ''*phájux'' | | | ''*phájor'' |
| | ''*fasmin'' | | | ''*fasmen'' |
| | colspan="2" | ''*smósh'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*smósh'' |
| | ''*shin'' | | | ''*shin'' |
| | ''*qinchax'' | | | ''*rinchar'' |
| | colspan="2" | ''*tujman'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*tujman'' |
| | ''*tuqun'' | | | ''*turon'' |
| | ''*qinchin'' | | | ''*rinchen'' |
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| | ''*-(a)s'' | | | ''*-(a)s'' |
| | ''*-(a)sh'' | | | ''*-(a)sh'' |
| | rowspan="2" | ''*-i''
| | | ''*-e'' |
| | rowspan="3" | ''*-(a)x'' | | | rowspan="2" | ''*-(a)r'' |
| | rowspan="2" | ''*-ish''
| | | ''*-esh'' |
| | rowspan="2" | ''*-i''
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| ! Accusative | | ! Accusative |
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| ! Genitive | | ! Genitive |
| | colspan="3" | ''*-(a)s'' | | | colspan="3" | ''*-(a)s'' |
| | ''*-shu'' | | | ''*-sho'' |
| | colspan="4" | ''*-um'' | | | colspan="4" | ''*-om'' |
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| ! Dative | | ! Dative |
| | colspan="4" | ''*-ij'' | | | colspan="4" | ''*-ej'' |
| | rowspan="2" colspan="4" | ''*-mus'' | | | rowspan="2" colspan="4" | ''*-mos'' |
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| ! Ablative | | ! Ablative |
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| ! Locative | | ! Locative |
| | colspan="2" | ''*-ij'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*-ej'' |
| | colspan="2" | ''*-(a)j'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*-(a)j'' |
| | colspan="3" | ''*-sav'' | | | colspan="3" | ''*-sɔ'' |
| | ''*-shaf'' | | | ''*-shɔ'' |
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| ! Instrumental | | ! Instrumental |
| | colspan="4" | ''*-(a)x'' | | | colspan="4" | ''*-(a)r'' |
| | colspan="3" | ''*-phaj'' | | | colspan="3" | ''*-phaj'' |
| | ''*-(a)sh'' | | | ''*-(a)sh'' |
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| ! Comitative | | ! Comitative |
| | ''*-mum'' | | | ''*-mom'' |
| | ''*-kum'' | | | ''*-kom'' |
| | ''*-shum'' | | | ''*-shom'' |
| | ''*-mum'' | | | ''*-mom'' |
| | ''*-skum'' | | | ''*-skom'' |
| | ''*-xum'' | | | ''*-shom'' |
| | ''*-shum'' | | | ''*-shom'' |
| | ''*-skum'' | | | ''*-skom'' |
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| ! Illative | | ! Illative |
| | colspan="2" | ''*-shax'' | | | colspan="2" | ''*-shar'' |
| | ''*-shin'' | | | ''*-shen'' |
| | ''*-shax'' | | | ''*-shar'' |
| | colspan="4" | ''*-shin'' | | | colspan="4" | ''*-shen'' |
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| !Past | | !Past |
| | ''*-am'' | | | ''*-ɔm'' |
| | ''*-amí'' | | | ''*-ɔmí'' |
| | ''*-as'' | | | ''*-as'' |
| | ''*-ití'' | | | ''*-etí'' |
| | ''*-at'' | | | ''*-at'' |
| | ''*-and'' | | | ''*-and'' |
| | ''*-um'' | | | ''*-om'' |
| | ''*-umi'' | | | ''*-ome'' |
| | ''*-is'' | | | ''*-es'' |
| | ''*-iti'' | | | ''*-ete'' |
| | ''*-id'' | | | ''*-ed'' |
| | ''*-und'' | | | ''*-ond'' |
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| !Present | | !Present |
| | ''*-ma'' | | | ''*-ma'' |
| | ''*-mus'' | | | ''*-mos'' |
| | ''*-sa'' | | | ''*-sa'' |
| | ''*-ti'' | | | ''*-te'' |
| | ''*-ta'' | | | ''*-ta'' |
| | ''*-anch'' | | | ''*-anch'' |
| | ''*-u'' | | | ''*-o'' |
| | ''*-um'' | | | ''*-om'' |
| | ''*-ash'' | | | ''*-ash'' |
| | ''*-it'' | | | ''*-et'' |
| | ''*-umu'' | | | ''*-omo'' |
| | ''*-unch'' | | | ''*-onch'' |
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| ==Sample text==
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| From [[w:Schleicher's fable|Schleicher's fable]]:
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| :'''PIE:''' h₂áu̯ei̯ h₁i̯osméi̯ h₂u̯l̥h₁náh₂ né h₁ést, só h₁éḱu̯oms derḱt. só gʷr̥hₓúm u̯óǵʰom u̯eǵʰed; só méǵh₂m̥ bʰórom; só dʰǵʰémonm̥ h₂ṓḱu bʰered.
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| :'''Pre-Owina:''' Qívas xashusij qafoxniqash ní xísat, sú xíkshafes dirkid; sú qinum víkhyam sú mígyaqam phírat, sú thakhyímunam qókyav phírat.
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| :'''Gloss:''' sheep-F.SG.NOM REL-F.SG.DAT wool-THEM.SG.NOM not be-3SG.PST, and horse-THEM.PL.ACC see-3SG.PST.THEM. and 3PL.THEM.GEN wagon-NEUT.SG.ACC pull-3SG.PST; and load-NEUT.SG.ACC carry-3SG.PST; and person-M.ACC quick-ADV carry-3SG.PST.
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| :'''English:''' A sheep that had no wool saw horses, one of them pulling a heavy wagon, one carrying a big load, and one carrying a man quickly.
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