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| '''Siro''' | | '''Siro''' is a language of Méich Bhaonnáiqh inspired by Akkadian, Hebrew, Tamil and English. It's a consonantal root language with a minimalist aesthetic. |
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| ==Phonology== | | ==Phonology== |
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| Kodistian has the following vowels: '''a i u aa ii uu''', and diphthongs '''ai au iu ui ia ua'''.
| | Siro has the following vowels: '''a i u aa ii uu''', and diphthongs '''ai au iu ui ia ua'''. |
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| Its consonants are '''p t k m n r h'''. | | Its consonants are '''s r k m p t n'''. The consonant sequences rt and rn become geminated retroflex. |
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| ==Grammar==
| | Siro is written in Hangul. |
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| Verbs come in many conjugations -- the key is to remember the present tense stem, the past tense stem and the infinitive. Here is narinru 'to see', a typical nasal-stem verb.
| | ==Lexicon== |
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| ia nariim 'I see'
| | *s-m-s: same as Hebrew n-g-d? |
| mu narii 'you see'
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| uran narittan 'he/she sees'
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| uru narin 'it sees'
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| iatam nariintam 'we see'
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| mutam nariittam 'you see'
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| urantam narittantam 'they see' (animate)
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| uttam narintam 'they see' (inanimate)
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| (Notice the consistent plural suffix -tam.)
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| Another example: katanru 'to stand':
| | prepositions: sa- "in", ri- "above", ka- "like", ma- "from", pa- "to", ta- "through, with (instrumental)", ni- "below" |
| kataam, kataa, katattan, katan, kataantam, kataattam, katantam
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| The roots are narin- and katan- respectively. To form the present progressive, add the verb nirru to the root:
| | ==Grammar== |
| narinniram, narinnira, narinnirtan, narinnirta, narinnirantam, narinnirattam, narinnirtantam, narinnirtatam (I am seeing, you are seeing, ...)
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| katanniram, katannira, ... (I am standing, you are standing, ...)
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| For the past tense, in nasal root verbs, the nasal gets labialized and there is an infix -i-:
| | English and Semitic elements |
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| narimiim, narimii, narimitan, narimin, narimiintam, narimiittam, narimitantam, narimintam
| | ''asminu'' = I remember |
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| There are also vowel-root verbs: an example is kankaru 'to shine':
| | ''asmānu'' = I remembered |
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| kankaram, kankara, kankatan, kanka, kankarantam, kankarattam, kankatantam, kankatam (in present)
| | ''rasmūnu'' = I have remembered |
| kankaniram, kankanira, kankanirtan, ... (in present progressive)
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| kankappam, kankappa, kankaptan, kankapan, ... (in past)
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| Some verbs are irregular, as in pahttaru 'to eat':
| | a "pi33el" verb: ''asittiru, asattāru, rasuttūru'' -- default for 4 consonant roots? |
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| patram, patra, pahttatan, pahtta, ... (present)
| | a "hif3il" verb (saCCaC, saCaCCaC in Siro): asatkamu, asatkamatā, rasatkamatu |
| pahtaniram, ... (present progressive)
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| pahttiim, pahttii, pahttitan, pahttin, ... (past)
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| [[Category:Lõis]]
| | verbnoun (masdar) affixes: CaCCinku or CaCCaCinku in pa3al, ta- in other binyanim |
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| [[Category:Conlangs]]
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