Proto-Saːkdi
Proto-Saːkdi is the proto-language of the Sākdi language family. Proto-Saːkdi language gives rise to two different languages. Proto-Saːkdi is supposedly spoken in the prehistoric period, it is only a spoken language and has no script of any kind.
Typological structure
Proto-Saːkdi is mostly a morphologically isolating language, with an additional but strongly marked agglutinative feature in derivative morphology.
In an isolating languages semantical or grammatical morphemes are almost coincident with single words, and they do not change or add any flecting affix to specify their role in a sentence or their number:
moːrɖa wolf, a wolf, wolves, the wolf, the wolves
However, words cannot have more than one grammatical role in a sentence. Each words is composed of a root, carrying the main semantic meaning, and an affix, which invariably designates its definite grammatical form. These affixes can be both prefixating and affixating in nature.
moːr- + -ɖa hunting + non humain animate being = wolf (n.)
The basic word order is essentially VOS (Verb-Object-Subject).
buːgnez moʈ muhɖa mɔqmih (the) person sees (the) cow
The entire system is set according to typological parameters of the head-modifier (or head-initial) type:
- verb - object
- preposition - noun
- noun - adjective
- noun - relative clause
Phonology
- Main article: Proto-Saːkdi phonology
Morphology
- Main article: Proto-Saːkdi morphology
Syntax
- Main article: Proto-Saːkdi syntax
Vocabulary
- Main article: Proto-Saːkdi vocabulary
