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==Grammar==
==Grammar==
Tentativ verbal morphology breikdown:
{|
|-
! stem<br/>(root + derivational) !! aspect<br/>(1) !! object<br/>number !! instrument !! agent !! aspect (2)<br/>/ tense
|-
| ''arawa-'' || ''-gi-'' || ''-ʃ-'' || ''ʃina'' ||colspan="2"| ''-t'' (Nth P unmarked?)
|-
| ''kogeero+n-'' || ''-o-'' || ''-ʃ-'' ||colspan="3"| (…) ''kioowon''
|-
| ''paa-'' ||<!--no stem-internal V1:V2--> ''-o-'' || ∅<!--intransitiv--> || ''kokok'' || ''ʃorda''
|-
| ''noni-'' || ''-gi-'' || ''-r(o?)-'' || ''guriʃ'' || ''kao'' || ''-ː''
|-
| ''ʃele+''<small>REDUP</small>- || ''-ː-'' || ''-ro-'' || (…) ''naneerenek''
|-
| ''kaginni-'' || (?) || ''-ro-'' || (…) ''ʃoweaalaka''
|-
| ''peʃa+''<small>REDUP</small>- || ''-ː-ne-''|| ''-ro-'' || ''gorono'' || ''we'' || ''-ː''
|}
Non-verbal:
*''elewargaranaanawe''
*''tenekwaruguʃaadun''
Syntactical notes:
* SV, hed-initial
* generally nominativ alignment; some intransitiv verbs display traces of absolutiv behavior
* indirect object information incorporated into verb phrase
* direct object goes where??
* a clause may contain multiple (morphologically complete) verb phrases
* specific morphology for noting constituents shared by multiple VPs
* subclauses mostly renderable by modified VPs


==The cryptolect==
==The cryptolect==
A highly unusual feature appearing in Classical Chinese is the creation of ritual jargon based on repeating religious chants with distinct phonetical variations. See [[Proto-Insane]] for details.
A highly unusual feature appearing in Classical Chinese is the creation of ritual jargon based on repeating religious chants with distinct phonetical variations. See [[Proto-Insane]] for details.
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Sample vocabulary

  • arawagiʃʃinat
  • kogeeronoʃkioowon
  • elewargaranaanawe
  • paaokokokʃorda
  • nonigirguriʃkaoo
  • ʃeleleeronaneerenek
  • kaginniroʃoweaalaka
  • tenekwaruguʃaadun
  • peʃeʃaanerogoronowee

Phonological analysis

  • Vowels [i e eː a aː o oː u]
  • Word-initial consonants: [p t k ʃ n]
  • Word-medial consonants: [k d ɡ ʃ n r l w]
  • Word-final consonants: [t n k]

Clusters seem to include [ʃʃ ʃk kʃ kw rɡ nn].

The distinction between [l] and [r] seems very minor, with [l] mostly occurring between front vowels. Likewise the distinction between [k] and [ɡ] applies mostly intervocally.

We might be able to analyze medial [k ɡ] as /kk k/. Similarly, tho there's no medial [t], medial [d] might be /t/. I now see my original idea to have [r] as the medial allophone of /t/ seems unlikely: if [rɡ] is to be /tk/, medial voicing/lenition needs to apply thru two stops, but [ʃk kʃ] demonstrate it not applying thru a stop and a fricativ? OTOH not even single medial [ʃ] is voiced, so /ʃ/ is clearly more resilient to voicing (perhaps its distinguishing feature is not continuancy, but stridency). There is also the option of an underlying /r/ fortified to [t] adjacent to a word boundary.

These models differ in a few testable respects: an underlying /t/ or /d/ would lead to clusters [ʃt tʃ], while an underlying /r/ would lead to [ʃr rʃ].

The labial situation seems more straightforward: the two possibilities initially suggesting itself are [w] = /u/ and [w] = /p/, but since there is no overlap between these two scenarios, we can simply go with a single labial phoneme [p w u] = /P/ as long as no roots beginning with [pu-] turn up.

Grammar

Tentativ verbal morphology breikdown:

stem
(root + derivational)
aspect
(1)
object
number
instrument agent aspect (2)
/ tense
arawa- -gi- -ʃ- ʃina -t (Nth P unmarked?)
kogeero+n- -o- -ʃ- (…) kioowon
paa- -o- kokok ʃorda
noni- -gi- -r(o?)- guriʃ kao
ʃele+REDUP- -ː- -ro- (…) naneerenek
kaginni- (?) -ro- (…) ʃoweaalaka
peʃa+REDUP- -ː-ne- -ro- gorono we


Non-verbal:

  • elewargaranaanawe
  • tenekwaruguʃaadun

Syntactical notes:

  • SV, hed-initial
  • generally nominativ alignment; some intransitiv verbs display traces of absolutiv behavior
  • indirect object information incorporated into verb phrase
  • direct object goes where??
  • a clause may contain multiple (morphologically complete) verb phrases
  • specific morphology for noting constituents shared by multiple VPs
  • subclauses mostly renderable by modified VPs

The cryptolect

A highly unusual feature appearing in Classical Chinese is the creation of ritual jargon based on repeating religious chants with distinct phonetical variations. See Proto-Insane for details.