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'''Middle Clofabosin''' is the best attested early form of [[Clofabosin]] and is the ancestor of the Clofabic dialect continuum.  It allowed more "weird" consonant clusters and vowel hiatuses than Modern Clofabosin; hiatusing vowels became long vowels in conservative Modern Clofabosin.
'''Middle Clofabosin''' is the best attested early form of [[Clofabosin]] and is the ancestor of the Clofabic dialect continuum.  It allowed more "weird" consonant clusters and vowel hiatuses than Modern Clofabosin; hiatusing vowels and compensatory lengthening from lost consonants gave rise to long vowels in conservative Modern Clofabosin.


Important works in Middle Clofabosin include the Paliperidin (inspired by Pali and paliperidone), a text made up of philosophical poetry (palin = line, peridin = collection).
Important works in Middle Clofabosin include the Paliperidin (inspired by Pali and paliperidone), a text made up of philosophical poetry (palin = line, peridin = collection).
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All verbs had the same paradigm.
All verbs had the same paradigm.
== Syntax ==
== Syntax ==
* ''šopin tpo'' = the fish eats (unmarked for tense)
* ''šop=ol tpo'' = the fish eats (unmarked for tense)
* ''šopin tpoir'' = the fish is eating
* ''šop=ol tpoir'' = the fish is eating
* ''šopin tpotinib'' = the fish be eating
* ''šop=ol tpotinib'' = the fish be eating
Nonconfigurational?
Nonconfigurational?
[[Category:Clofabic languages]]
[[Category:Clofabic languages]]