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Maybe *ɫ ~ *lʲ were allophones.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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** the rest of the daughter families maintain the archaic stress pattern.
** the rest of the daughter families maintain the archaic stress pattern.
==Evolution of phonology==
===Stops and aspirates===
'''Proto-Southern:''' The '''cyclic theory''' is given in several Cardial languages, consists of an exchange of ejectives by voiceless and vice versa. The development of aspirates is: *h > ʔ; *x > h; *χ > h.
'''Proto-Northern:''' All voiced evolved to aspirated voiced and ejectives evolved to voiced to take his place, except uvulars and glottal that evolved as follows: *ɢ > ʁ; *q’ > χ; *q > k; *ʔ > ɦ. Aspirates "h", "x" and "χ" are preserved.
===Sibilants and affricates===
'''Proto-Southern:''' The affricates fulfill the '''cyclic theory''', the biconsonantal groups as *SC > CS become as affricated, after fulfilling the cyclic theory. The palatized sibilants evolved to *zʲ > ʑ; *sʲ > ɕ.
'''Proto-Northern:''' Palatization in this phonemes is completely losts, just like *t'S- > Sk-; *-t'S- > -S- only in affricate possition. All the affricates become as follows *CS > SC. All sibilants merged with *s.
===Nasals and liquids===
'''Proto-Southern:''' The only change produced is on a labialized nasal, *ŋʷ > m. The liquids remain intact.
'''Proto-Northern:''' There is only a change on nasals, *ŋ > nn. The changes on liquids are also minimal, *tɬ- > s-; *-tɬ- > -ɬt-.
===Vowels===
'''Proto-Western:''' It is presupposed of this vowel system to be the original of the group, and it is reconstructed for an urheimat in southern Italy, which would eventually extend to the Mediterranean islands and northern Africa.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!  
! Front (Palatized)
! Central
! Back (Labialized)
|-
! High
| *ʲɨ ~ *i
| *ɨ
| *ʷɨ ~ *u
|-
! Mid
| *ʲə ~ *e
| *ə
| *ʷə ~ *o
|-
! Low
| *ʲɐ ~ *æ
| *ɐ
| *ʷɐ ~ *a
|-
|}
'''Proto-Eastern:''' It seems that the vowel changes are subsequent to the colonization of southern Italy, and seem to be shared by the entire Balkan area.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!  
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
! High
| *i > e > 0
| *ɨ > o
| *u > e
|-
! Mid
|
| *ə > o
| *u > e
|-
! Low
| *e > 0
| *a
| *o > u > e
|-
|}
* '''Proto-Southern:''' Only found in Epirus, it is a strange case, it seems to be a serious innovation because southern Italy did not suffer these vowel changes.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!  
! Palatized
! Central
! Labialized
|-
! High
|
| *o
| *ʷa > 0
|-
! Mid
|
| *e
| *ʷa > 0
|-
! Low
| *ʲa > 0
| *a
| *ʷe > 0
|-
|}
* '''Proto-Northern:''' The urheimat is presupossed to be in Slovenia, this system gave rise to the whole northern group.
{|class="wikitable"
|-
!  
! Front
! Central
! Back
|-
! High
| *ai > ʲi > i
| *ø > e
| *au > ʷu > e
|-
! Mid
|
| *ə > o ~ u
| *au > ʷu > e
|-
! Low
| *ei > ʲi > i
| *a
| *eu > ʷu > e
|-
|}


==Morphology==
==Morphology==

Revision as of 14:29, 7 November 2018

Proto-Cardial is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Cardial languages. It is estimated to have been spoken around 6.200 BC, and it's asociated to Cardium pottery.

Phonology

Consonants

  Labial Dental Alveolar Velar Uvular Glottal
Sibilant Lateral
Nasals *m *n *ŋ
Stops Ejective *p' *t' *k' *q'
Voiceless *p *t *k *q *ʔ
Voiced *b *d *g *ɢ
Affricates Ejective *ts' *tʃ'
Voiceless *ts *tʃ *tɬ
Voiced *dz *dʒ
Fricatives *s ~ *z? *ʃ ~ *ʒ? *x *χ *h
Liquid *l *r *ɬ *ɫ

Maybe *ɫ ~ *lʲ were allophones.

Vowels

  Front Central Back
High *i *ɨ *u
Mid *e *ə *o
Low *æ *ɐ *a

The vowel system shows serious difficulties to be reconstructed, this is compounded by the lack of data and extreme vocalic changes in the daughter languages. Many authors have proposed a system of three central vowels that affect the consonants and that alternate between them in patterns of allophony and ablaut, this centralized system is very important to understand the stress.

Centralized System Palatized Central Labialized
High *ʲɨ /i/ *ɨ *ʷɨ /u/
Mid *ʲə /e/ *ə *ʷə /o/
Low *ʲɐ /æ/ *ɐ *ʷɐ /a/

Stress

The reconstructed stress patterns is very simple and it is based on the system of centralized vowels as follows, "ə" and "ɨ" allow stress in the last syllable, while "ɐ" does not allow it, so "ɐ" always appears stressed in the penultimate syllable.

In daughter languages the "ɐ" stressed in the penultimate syllable losts the stress and...:

  • disappears in southern Italy and Iberian peninsula.
  • geminates the posterior consonant in the Mediterranean islands and northern Africa.
  • evolves to "ɐʔ" in Alps.
  • the vowel lengthens gaining strength and weakening the vowels of the last syllabe until they disappear in higher stages, in Tartessian.
    • the rest of the daughter families maintain the archaic stress pattern.

Evolution of phonology

Stops and aspirates

Proto-Southern: The cyclic theory is given in several Cardial languages, consists of an exchange of ejectives by voiceless and vice versa. The development of aspirates is: *h > ʔ; *x > h; *χ > h.

Proto-Northern: All voiced evolved to aspirated voiced and ejectives evolved to voiced to take his place, except uvulars and glottal that evolved as follows: *ɢ > ʁ; *q’ > χ; *q > k; *ʔ > ɦ. Aspirates "h", "x" and "χ" are preserved.

Sibilants and affricates

Proto-Southern: The affricates fulfill the cyclic theory, the biconsonantal groups as *SC > CS become as affricated, after fulfilling the cyclic theory. The palatized sibilants evolved to *zʲ > ʑ; *sʲ > ɕ.

Proto-Northern: Palatization in this phonemes is completely losts, just like *t'S- > Sk-; *-t'S- > -S- only in affricate possition. All the affricates become as follows *CS > SC. All sibilants merged with *s.

Nasals and liquids

Proto-Southern: The only change produced is on a labialized nasal, *ŋʷ > m. The liquids remain intact.

Proto-Northern: There is only a change on nasals, *ŋ > nn. The changes on liquids are also minimal, *tɬ- > s-; *-tɬ- > -ɬt-.

Vowels

Proto-Western: It is presupposed of this vowel system to be the original of the group, and it is reconstructed for an urheimat in southern Italy, which would eventually extend to the Mediterranean islands and northern Africa.

  Front (Palatized) Central Back (Labialized)
High *ʲɨ ~ *i *ɨ *ʷɨ ~ *u
Mid *ʲə ~ *e *ə *ʷə ~ *o
Low *ʲɐ ~ *æ *ɐ *ʷɐ ~ *a

Proto-Eastern: It seems that the vowel changes are subsequent to the colonization of southern Italy, and seem to be shared by the entire Balkan area.

  Front Central Back
High *i > e > 0 *ɨ > o *u > e
Mid *ə > o *u > e
Low *e > 0 *a *o > u > e
  • Proto-Southern: Only found in Epirus, it is a strange case, it seems to be a serious innovation because southern Italy did not suffer these vowel changes.
  Palatized Central Labialized
High *o *ʷa > 0
Mid *e *ʷa > 0
Low *ʲa > 0 *a *ʷe > 0
  • Proto-Northern: The urheimat is presupossed to be in Slovenia, this system gave rise to the whole northern group.
  Front Central Back
High *ai > ʲi > i *ø > e *au > ʷu > e
Mid *ə > o ~ u *au > ʷu > e
Low *ei > ʲi > i *a *eu > ʷu > e

Morphology

Pronouns

  Singular Plural
1st person Exclusive *ʔɐgɐ ~ *ʔɐkɐ *ŋɐ
Inclusive - *bɐ
2nd person Casual *t'u *χa
Polite *si *χæ
3rd person *sɐ *sɐ?
Demonstrative Proximal *ʔi *hi
Medial-proximal *ʔe *he
Medial-distal *ʔu *hu
Distal *ʔa *ha
Indeterminate *t'ɐ *t'ɐ?
Interrogative/relative Thing (What) *mɐ *mɐ?
Person (Who) *ŋɨʃɐ *ŋɨʃɐ?

Ablaut

  Ablaut Usage
I Verbs?
II A Verbs?
B Verbs?

Phrase and Verbal paradigm

The type of verbal conjugation varies according to the type of phrase you want to build, only the following sentences are allowed.

Class I

  • Subject is marked with: Nominative; Subject is allowed optionally
  • Object is marked with: Absolutive; Object is allowed optionally
  • Articles, relatives and postpositions are allowed optionally
  • Verb is allowed; Mostly Intransitive
  • Word Order: OSV

Verb

  • The verbal stem suffers an ablaut of type IIa
Direct Object (Abs.) Indirect Object (Gen.) Subject VERB STEM Transitivity Perfective Post-verb Imperfective

Class II

  • Subject is marked with: Nominative; Subject is allowed optionally
  • Object is marked with: Absolutive; Object is allowed optionally
  • Articles, relatives and postpositions are prohibited
  • Verb is allowed; Mostly Transitive
  • Word Order: OVS

Verb

  • The verbal stem suffers an ablaut of type IIb
Subject VERB STEM Object Perfective

Class III

  • Subject is marked with: Ergative; Subject is allowed optionally
  • Object is marked with: Absolutive; Object is obligatory
  • Articles, relatives and postpositions are allowed optionally
  • Verb is obligatory; Only Transitive
  • Word Order: SOV

Verb

  • The verbal stem do not suffers an ablaut
Subject (Erg.) Object (Abs.) VERB STEM Transitivity Perfectivity

Class IV

  • Subject is marked with: Nominative; Subject is allowed optionally
  • Object is not marked; Object is allowed optionally
  • Articles, relatives and postpositions are allowed optionally
  • Verb is allowed; Mostly Intransitive
  • Word Order: SVO

Verb

  • The verbal stem suffers an ablaut of type IIa
Direct Object (Abs.) Indirect Object (Gen.) Subject (Abs.) VERB STEM Transitivity Perfective Post-verb Imperfective

Class V

  • Subject is marked with: Nominative; Subject is allowed optionally
  • Object is prohibited
  • Articles and postpositions are prohibited; Relatives are allowed optionally
  • Verb is allowed; Only Intransitive
  • Word Order: VSO

Verb

  • The verbal stem suffers an ablaut of type I
Subject VERB STEM Object

Lexicon

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