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K̔uamništ has two dialects, a Southern one (leniting of medial aspirated stops to ''h'', turning some umlauted vowels in Proto-Azalic into long vowels), and a Northern one which has ejectives. | K̔uamništ has two dialects, a Southern one (leniting of medial aspirated stops to ''h'', turning some umlauted vowels in Proto-Azalic into long vowels), and a Northern one which has ejectives. | ||
It's in a sprachbund with [[Kwenya]], a Hellenic language, and [[Anorite]], a Semitic language. | |||
Khuamnisht and Greek are the classical languages of Buddhism in Lõis. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
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PAzal *ə -> e | PAzal *ə -> e | ||
xuan, tà, t̔ria, p̔rur, p̔àx, šak, šavt, yaxt, | xuan, tà, t̔ria, p̔rur, p̔àx, šak, šavt, yaxt, nin, caxen | ||
erkencaš, t̔ricaš, p̔rucaš, p̔àxcaš, šacaš, šavencaš, yaxcaš, nivcaš, k̔en | erkencaš, t̔ricaš, p̔rucaš, p̔àxcaš, šacaš, šavencaš, yaxcaš, nivcaš, k̔en | ||
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| ''lovad'' || ''bentad'' || ''k̔oltad'' | | ''lovad'' || ''bentad'' || ''k̔oltad'' | ||
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==Syntax== | |||
Inspiration: poetic English, Urdu | |||
Khuamnisht syntax is SOV head-initial like [[Anorite]], but may be OSV or very occasionally SVO. Imperative and optative clauses use VSO syntax. | |||
Khuamnisht is never pro-drop: ''Yet ye sebedžàt̔as!'' "Eat the vegetables!" | |||
[[Category:Azalic languages]] | [[Category:Azalic languages]] | ||