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== Morphology Changes from Kelanian == | == Morphology Changes from Kelanian == | ||
Most of the changes in inflection were the result of the above sound changes, though the following changes also occurred. | |||
=== Noun Changes === | |||
The comitative case merged with the instrumental into the suffix '''-tye'''. Also, because of sound changes, the absolutive long final vowel shortens, meaning it is no longer morphologically distinct from the locative in the 1st, 2nd and 5th declensions. | |||
=== Modifier Changes === | |||
Modifiers remained almost completely unchanged except for sound change. | |||
tséraye → tsárye | |||
tséraya → tsárya | |||
tsêrawe → tsârwe | |||
=== Verb Changes === | |||
The verbal system simplified. The modifier-copula phrase used to make verbs in Kelanian collapsed into single words, forming a regular verbal conjugation system. The present indicative is shown here in its three voices. | |||
tséraye-éni → tsaryêni | |||
tséraya-éni → tsaryâni | |||
tsêrawe-éni → tsārwêni | |||
==== Aorist Changes ==== | |||
The aorist took a rather interesting turn. All words started to use the strong aorist stem formation, making it very predictable. This changed all of the aorist forms, including the modifier. This change took place rather early, after the third but before the fifth sound change listed above. | |||
Verb: atséri → atsyíri | |||
Modifier: atsére → atsére | |||
== Syntax Changes from Kelanian == | == Syntax Changes from Kelanian == | ||
The only real syntax change is in conventional phrase order, from OSV to SOV. As in Kelanian, phrase order isn't really necessary for meaning, and topicalization is still quite common. | The only real syntax change is in conventional phrase order, from OSV to SOV. As in Kelanian, phrase order isn't really necessary for meaning, and topicalization is still quite common. | ||
Revision as of 18:28, 7 August 2007
| Western Kelanian Kalányane | |
| Timeline/Universe: | (not yet named) |
| Total speakers: | none |
| Genealogical Classification: | Kelanian Western Kelanian |
| Basic word order: | SOV by convention, could be free |
| Morphological type: | fusional |
| Morphosyntactic alignment: | fluid-S |
| Created by: | |
| Andrew | 2007 |
When men started expanding, their language started to change. In the west, the latest common language was what is now called Western Kelanian or sometimes Kalanian (native name Kalányane). The changes to Western Kelanian weren't to extreme, and it and Kelanian could probably have been mutually intelligible.
Sound Changes from Kelanian
P = plosive, N = nasal, F = fricative, L = liquid, W = semi-vowel C = a consonant, V = a vowel
- P[+voice] → P[-voice]/#_s
- P[+voice] → P[+voice][+asp]/ #_V
- P[+voice][+asp] → F[+voice] (/B D G/ <v dh gh>)
- V[-length] → Ø /_W
- Pw → Pʷ
- Cj → Cʲ
- Ci → Cʲi /_C, _#
- Ci → Cʲ /_V
- V[+length] → V[-length] /_#
- V[+stress] → V'[+stress] /_CV'
(I'm not sure if I wrote that in a way that makes sense. Its supposed to say that a stressed vowel becomes whatever the next vowel is.)
- V[-length] → Ø /C_C, where both C's are the same
- Stress moves to the antepenultimate vowel, or to the penultimate vowel if it is long.
Morphology Changes from Kelanian
Most of the changes in inflection were the result of the above sound changes, though the following changes also occurred.
Noun Changes
The comitative case merged with the instrumental into the suffix -tye. Also, because of sound changes, the absolutive long final vowel shortens, meaning it is no longer morphologically distinct from the locative in the 1st, 2nd and 5th declensions.
Modifier Changes
Modifiers remained almost completely unchanged except for sound change. tséraye → tsárye
tséraya → tsárya
tsêrawe → tsârwe
Verb Changes
The verbal system simplified. The modifier-copula phrase used to make verbs in Kelanian collapsed into single words, forming a regular verbal conjugation system. The present indicative is shown here in its three voices.
tséraye-éni → tsaryêni
tséraya-éni → tsaryâni
tsêrawe-éni → tsārwêni
Aorist Changes
The aorist took a rather interesting turn. All words started to use the strong aorist stem formation, making it very predictable. This changed all of the aorist forms, including the modifier. This change took place rather early, after the third but before the fifth sound change listed above.
Verb: atséri → atsyíri
Modifier: atsére → atsére
Syntax Changes from Kelanian
The only real syntax change is in conventional phrase order, from OSV to SOV. As in Kelanian, phrase order isn't really necessary for meaning, and topicalization is still quite common.
