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First of all, "Ibero-Hesperic" is a provisional designation. | First of all, "Ibero-Hesperic" is a provisional designation. | ||
Now to the two languages, what little I already "know". | Now to the two languages (there may be more in the future but currently I have only plans for two), what little I already "know". | ||
Corunese is an extinct ancient language known from an inscription found at A Coruña, Spain. This is a bilingual: the same text is found in Corunese on one side of a bronze plaque and in Old Albic on the other. Both languages are written in Old Albic letters. (The text has not been composed yet.) There may be more inscriptions. Balla is a living language, spoken in a few households, somewhere in Cantabria. | Corunese is an extinct ancient language known from an inscription found at A Coruña, Spain. This is a bilingual: the same text is found in Corunese on one side of a bronze plaque and in Old Albic on the other. Both languages are written in Old Albic letters. (The text has not been composed yet.) There may be more inscriptions. Balla is a living language, spoken in a few households, somewhere in Cantabria. | ||
In both Ibero-Hesperic and Italo-Hesperic, the genitive '''*-s''' has become a topic marker. This may have become an ergative suffix in Balla. Balla may have converged phonologically towards Basque, with fortis/lenis pairs such as p/b, t/d, k/g, tz/z, ts/s, tx/x. Perhaps the beginnings of this trend are already visible in Corunese. | In both Ibero-Hesperic and Italo-Hesperic, the genitive '''*-s''' has become a topic marker. This may have become an ergative suffix in Balla. Balla may have converged phonologically towards Basque, with fortis/lenis pairs such as p/b, t/d, k/g, tz/z, ts/s, tx/x. Perhaps the beginnings of this trend are already visible in Corunese. | ||
Revision as of 11:48, 19 December 2017
This is a place to brainstorm about the Ibero-Hesperic branch of the Hesperic family.
First of all, "Ibero-Hesperic" is a provisional designation.
Now to the two languages (there may be more in the future but currently I have only plans for two), what little I already "know".
Corunese is an extinct ancient language known from an inscription found at A Coruña, Spain. This is a bilingual: the same text is found in Corunese on one side of a bronze plaque and in Old Albic on the other. Both languages are written in Old Albic letters. (The text has not been composed yet.) There may be more inscriptions. Balla is a living language, spoken in a few households, somewhere in Cantabria.
In both Ibero-Hesperic and Italo-Hesperic, the genitive *-s has become a topic marker. This may have become an ergative suffix in Balla. Balla may have converged phonologically towards Basque, with fortis/lenis pairs such as p/b, t/d, k/g, tz/z, ts/s, tx/x. Perhaps the beginnings of this trend are already visible in Corunese.
