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The onset of what is now termed Old Dalcurian saw a greater divide between that of Thaduracian and Proto-Dalcurian. The main introductions were: | |||
* | * vowel shift and introduction of long vowels | ||
* | * palatialisation-this became a tonal phenomenon of the higher classes | ||
* | * lenition-'th'>'t' | ||
* | * introduction of new verb tenses and endings: identifiable preterite with telecity prefix '''ga''' (which later came to denote the simple past), perfective present with '''habra''' | ||
* | * spelling changes: long vowels were doubled | ||
* | * gradual loss of modality inflection for 'can, may, should' and 'must'; introduction of auxiliaries '''habra, hatra''' | ||
* | * identifiable noun and adjective endings: '''amos''' and '''adin''' respectively | ||
* | * gradual loss of preposition inflection into stand alone position. This also induced prepositional word order | ||
* | * increased usage of personal pronouns, thus forcing a gradual loss of verb concord | ||
Revision as of 05:46, 20 May 2008
The onset of what is now termed Old Dalcurian saw a greater divide between that of Thaduracian and Proto-Dalcurian. The main introductions were:
- vowel shift and introduction of long vowels
- palatialisation-this became a tonal phenomenon of the higher classes
- lenition-'th'>'t'
- introduction of new verb tenses and endings: identifiable preterite with telecity prefix ga (which later came to denote the simple past), perfective present with habra
- spelling changes: long vowels were doubled
- gradual loss of modality inflection for 'can, may, should' and 'must'; introduction of auxiliaries habra, hatra
- identifiable noun and adjective endings: amos and adin respectively
- gradual loss of preposition inflection into stand alone position. This also induced prepositional word order
- increased usage of personal pronouns, thus forcing a gradual loss of verb concord
