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#:'''Central Subumpamese'''  
#:'''Central Subumpamese'''  
#:'''Eastern Subumpamese'''
#:'''Eastern Subumpamese'''
#[[Paleo-Pabappa]]
#[[Paleo-Pabappa]], and its children
#[[Old Andanese#Olati|Olati]], culturally '''Western Subumpamese''' but genetically Andanese
#:'''Paleo-Pabappa A''' (Punsam)
#:'''Paleo-Pabappa B''' (Pombi)
#:'''Paleo-Pabappa C''' (Pipapi)
#:'''Paleo-Pabappa D''' (Northern Mountains Dialect)
#[[Old Andanese#Olati|Olati]], culturally '''Western Subumpamese''' but genetically Andanese, and its children
#:'''Olati A'''
#:'''Olati B'''
#:'''Olati C'''
#:'''Olati D'''
 


By contrast, the Lenian languages exclude [[Thaoa]], [[Tarise]], and [[Gold]], even though these three branches descend from Tapilula and Tapilula is the most recent common ancestor of all the Lenian languages.
By contrast, the Lenian languages exclude [[Thaoa]], [[Tarise]], and [[Gold]], even though these three branches descend from Tapilula and Tapilula is the most recent common ancestor of all the Lenian languages.

Revision as of 11:33, 17 November 2018

The Lenian languages are a polyphyletic cultural grouping of related languages that descend from Tapilula but exclude branches that acquired divergent characteristics. Included branches are:

  1. Hipatal, including all of
    Fojy and its children:
    Western Fojy
    Central Fojy
    Dreamlandic and its children
    North Dreamlandic
    South Dreamlandic (sometimes "East")
  2. Subumpamese languages, including all of
    Kava
    Central Subumpamese
    Eastern Subumpamese
  3. Paleo-Pabappa, and its children
    Paleo-Pabappa A (Punsam)
    Paleo-Pabappa B (Pombi)
    Paleo-Pabappa C (Pipapi)
    Paleo-Pabappa D (Northern Mountains Dialect)
  4. Olati, culturally Western Subumpamese but genetically Andanese, and its children
    Olati A
    Olati B
    Olati C
    Olati D


By contrast, the Lenian languages exclude Thaoa, Tarise, and Gold, even though these three branches descend from Tapilula and Tapilula is the most recent common ancestor of all the Lenian languages.


Linguistic characteristics

The Lenian languages retain the classifier prefixes of Tapilula and have generally simple rules of grammar.