Classical Diūn
Classical Diūn | |
Spoken in: | Diūn City-States |
Time Period: | 200 YBK - 200 YSK(200 CE - 600 CE) |
Total speakers: | extinct |
Genealogical classification: | Proto-Diūn Classical Diūn |
Basic word order: | SOV |
Morphological type: | semi-fusional |
Morphosyntactic alignment: | Ergative-Absolutive |
Created by: | |
Samuel Hopping | February 8, 2007- |
Classical Diūn was born on Thursday February 08, 2007 at 8:08:35 PM as Djún. It has also been known as Djūn and Djun.
I. Phonology:
A. Phoneme Inventory:
a. Consonants
Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | p, b | t, d | t`, d` | k, g | ||
Nasal | m | n | n` | |||
Fricative | p\, B | s, z | s`, z` | C | ||
Affricate | ts | tS | ||||
Approximant | r\ | j | ||||
Lateral | l |
b. Consonant Orthography
Bilabial | Alveolar | Postalveolar | Retroflex | Palatal | Velar | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Plosive | p, b | t, d | th, dh | c, g | ||
Nasal | m | n | nh | |||
Fricative | ph/f, bh/v | s, z | sh, zh | h | ||
Affricate | ċ/cc | ch | ||||
Approximant | r | i | ||||
Lateral | l |
c. Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i, i: | u, u: | |
Close Mid | e, e: | o, o: | |
Open | a, a: |
d. Vowel Orthography
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i, ī | u, ū | |
Close Mid | e, ē | o, ō | |
Open | a, ā |
d. Diphthongs:
/ai au oi/ <ai au oi>
B. Allophones:
a. [J] occurs intervocalic as an allophone of /n/
b. [N] occurs in the coda of a syllable as an allophone of /n/
c. [tts] occurs intervocalic as an allophone of /ts/
d. [ttS] occurs intervocalic as an allophone of /tS/
e. [dZ] occurs intervocalic as an allophone of /g/
C. Phonotactics
a. No consonant clusters consisting of only fricatives,plosives or approximants
b. The coda and onset cannot consist of more than two consonant sounds
c. Approximants cannot begin a word. Approximants also have to have a Plosive or only the following fricatives infront of them /f v s z h/.
d. /r\/ cannot come after /p b k s z g/
e. retroflex consonants can only come at the end of a word
D. Syllable Structure
a. CV(C)
II.Grammar:
A. Nominal Morphology
a. Classical Diūn nouns are inflected for the Ergative Case or if definiteness needs to be
distinguished.
b.Classical Diūn is an Ergative-Absolutive Language. The Ergative case marks the subject of a transative verb.
c. the suffix -(o)m is added to the noun to mark the Ergative case while no suffix is needed to mark the Absolutive case.
d. the suffix -(i)d marks the plural. It comes before the Ergative suffix and after the root.
e. -(o)n marks a noun as definite. The Definite from is only used when stressing the noun to be of a specific kind and is only used in the singular. i.e the function of the word "this" in English.
f. Examples:
i. Vinidom toi bhine nīven
ii. [BiJidom toi BiJe ni:BeN]
iii. (The) Boys want to kill me
iv. Boy.plur.erg me.abs kill.PP want.inf
v. Vinonom toi bhini nīven
vi. [BiJoJom toi BiJi ni:BeN]
vii. This boy wants to kill me
viii. Boy.def.erg me.abs kill.3P want.inf
ix. Tia vinidon gin sīho sōnen
x. [tja BiJidoN giN si:Co soJeN]
xi. I can not find the boys
xii. I.erg boy.plur.def negator find.1P can.inf
B. Verbal Morphology
a. Diūn Verbs are inflected for person. The Diūn tenses (past and future) are expressed by separate particles. The Present does not need a separate particle. <mo> is the past particle and <mu> is the future morpheme. <mi> is also used to emphasize the present. The tense particles follow the verb. Adverbs can be placed between the verb and the tense particle
b. Verb Inflections for Person
i. 1st Person: root + -o
ii. 2nd Person: root + -a
iii. 3rd Person: root + -i
iv. All-Persons Plural: root + -e
c. Examples:
i. No dinid va he cephe mu
ii. [no diJid_h Ba Ce kep\e mu]
iii. We will seize your things(possessions)
iv. We.ERG thing.plur you.abs of seize.plur future-particle
v. Tia ga hado cīvi mo (or) Tia ga hado mo cīvi
vi. [tja ga Cado ki:Bi mo][tja ga Cado mo ki:Bi]
vii. I did that easily
viii. I.erg it/him.abs do.1P easy past-particle (or) I.erg it/him.abs do.1P past-particle easy
d. The Gerund:
e. The gerund functions as a verbs adjectival and adverbial forms. It is marked with the -endi suffix.
f. Examples:
i. Ci vinid humendi zadi mo
ii. [ki BiJid_h CumeNdi zadi mo]
iii. He saw the playing boys
iv. Ci vinid vōmi humendi mo
v. [ki BiJid_h Bo:mi CumeNdi mo]
vi. He jokingly hit the boys
g. The Gerundative
h. The Gerundative states an action that should or is to be done. It is marked with the -endas suffix. It functions as a noun when the copula nomen "to be" is introduced.
i. Examples:
i. Ci vinendas
ii. [BiJeNdas]
iii. He {who} should be killed
iv. He.erg kill.grndt
v. Toidam vinendas nomi
vi. [toidam BiJeNdas nomi]
vii. The man is to be killed
viii. Man.Erg kill.grndt to-be.3P
ix. Toida vinendas
x. [toida BiJeNdas]
xi. The man to be killed/ {who} should be killed
xii. Man.abs kill.grndt
j. The Supine
k. The Supine states the purpose of an action. It is marked with the -oim suffix.
l.Examples:
i. Vatim vinid ga he vīcci vōmoim
ii. [Batim BiJid_h ga Ce Bi:ttsi Bo:moim]
iii. Father comes to hit his boys
iv. Father.erg boy.plur him.erg of comes.3P hit.sup
v. Toida vōmi vīnoim mo
vi. [toida Bo:mi Bi:Joim mo]
vii. The man hit to kill
viii. Man.abs hit.3P kill.sup Pst
m. The Infinitive:
n.
C. Adjectival and Adverbial Morphology
a. Classical Diūn has four adverbial and adjectival degrees: The bare root is considered the first degree. The second degree, like the English -er suffix, is marked by the -(e)t suffix. The third degree, like the English -est suffix, is marked by the -(e)c suffix. The third degree, meaning "ultimate" or "extremely" is marked by the -(i)dh suffix. If the suffix begins a new syllable /C/ <h> is added before the vowel to conform to Diūn Syllable Structure. Adjectives and Adverbs could arguably not be considered separate word types because the only factor distinguishing the two is purely syntactical.
b. Examples:
i. Ci neptiūn nomi
ii. [ki neptju:N nomi]
iii. It/He is blue
iv. It/he.erg blue is.3P
v. Ci neptiūnec nomi
vi. [ki neptju:Jek_h nomi]
vii. It/He is (the) bluest
viii. It/he.erg blue.3rd is.3P
D. Syntax
a. Classical Diūn is an SOV language.
b. Verbal moods are distinguished by word order and, with a few moods, by morphology.
i. The Diūn verbal moods are:
ii. Subject-Object-Verb - indictive
iii. Verb-Object-Subject-Complement_Verb - interrogative
iv. Subject-Verb-Object-Complement_Verb - subjunctive, -ne suffix is added to the infinitive form of the verb
v. Verb-Object-Subject - imperative, -im suffix is added to the infinitive form of the verb
vi. Subject-Object-Verb- conditional, -ta suffix is added to the infinitive form of the verb. te "if" is used between the condition and the event.
c. The indicative mood is the default mood. It is used when the speaker wants to convey a fact. The interrogative mood is used when the speaker is asking a question. The subjunctive is used when the speaker is speaking about a hypothetical event or expressing a wish. The imperative is used to state a command. The conditional mood is used to state a condition of another event.
d. Examples:
i. The Indicative: Tia gīmos toi he phīho
ii. [tja gi:mos toi Ce p\i:Co]
iii. I love my family
iv. I.erg family me.abs of love.1P
v. The Interrogative: Phīha gīmos va he vo?
vi. [p\i:Ca gi:mos Ba Ce Bo]
vii. Do you love your family?
viii. Love.2P family you.abs of you.erg
ix. The Subjunctive: Tia phīhenne gīmos toi he sūmnen.
x. [tja p\i:CeNne gi:mos toi Ce su:mneN]
xi. I should love my family
xii. I.erg love.subj family me.abs of shall.inf
xiii. The Imperative: Phīhenim gīmos vo he!
xiv. [p\i:CeJim gi:mos Bo Ce]
xv. Love your family!
xvi. Love.inf.imp family you.erg of
xvii. The Conditional: Gīmosom toi he toi phīhenta te tia ni phīhenta.
xviii. [tja gi:mos toi Ce p\i:CeNta te pe toi p\i:CeNta CaBi mu]
xix. My family would love me if I loved them
xx. Family.erg me.abs of me.abs love.con if I.erg them.abs love.con
e. Adjectives and Adverbs follow the noun or verb they modify. The adverbs can come after the verb
or after the tense particle(if there is one).
f. Classical Diūn uses postpositions rather than prepositions
g. Modals always come at the end of the phrase in infinitive form when another verb is present.
h. Examples:
i. Tia vecia ga he vivi vōmo nīven mo
ii. [tja Bekja ga Ce BiBi Bo:mo ni:veN mo]
iii. I wanted to hit him in the face
iv. I.erg face.abs him.abs of on hit.1P want.inf past-particle
i. The Relative clause:
j. The relative clause functions much the same as it does in English. Unlike in English however <vis> "that" must be used in between the first sentence and its complement.
k. Examples:
i. Toi dōcco vis no ga hade sōnen
ii. [toi do:ttso Bis no ga Cade so:JeN]
iii. I think that we can do it
iv. I.ABS think.1p that we.ERG it.ABS do.1p can.inf
v. Ca vīni vis tia pōv nomi mo
vi. [ka Bi:Ji Bis tja po:B nomi mo]
vii. She knows that I was there
viii. She.ABS knows.3p that I.Erg there be was