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'''Classical Thean''' is the most spoken language of Angai Europe. In [[Verse:Angai/1|Timeline 1 of Angai]], Classical Thean forms the basis of Literary Thean which was used as a literary language of Thea for over 2000 years before the emergence of Modern Standard Thean.
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'''Classical Thean''' was the most spoken language of Angai Europe before the timeline split. With 975 million L1 and L2 speakers worldwide, Thean was the fourth-most spoken language in 2025.  
 
In [[Verse:Angai/1|Timeline 1 of Angai]], Classical Thean evolves into highly tonal languages.


== Todo ==
== Todo ==
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== History ==
== History ==
The oldest attested stage of Thean, called Old Thean, uses a logography. The history of Classical Thean begins with the publication and spread of [some religious text; some form of Buddhism I guess] in a phonetic orthography and the rhyming prose tales of [author]. This switch to a phonetic orthography was incentivized by the introduction of the printing press.
The oldest attested stage of Thean, called Old Thean, uses a logography. The history of Classical Thean begins with the publication and spread of [some religious text; some form of Buddhism I guess] in a phonetic orthography and the rhyming prose tales of [author]. This switch to a phonetic orthography was incentivized by the introduction of the printing press.
=== Diachronics ===
==== Consonants ====
* Proto-Theic k g kʼ -> kʸ gʸ kʸʼ
* Proto-Theic kʷ gʷ kʷʼ -> č ʒ{{hacek}} čʼ
* Proto-Theic q ɢ qʷ -> k g kʼ
* Proto-Theic qʷ ɢʷ qʷʼ -> kʷ gʷ kʷʼ
==== Stressed vowels ====
* Proto-Theic a -> o after kʷ-series consonants, e after kʸ-series ones, a otherwise
* Proto-Theic ã -> a
* Proto-Theic i -> e
* Proto-Theic ī -> i
* Proto-Theic u -> o
* Proto-Theic ū -> u


== Classical Thean phonology ==
== Classical Thean phonology ==
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The auxiliary had a zero form for the 2nd person present independent. (Cf. Welsh zero for 2sg present)
The auxiliary had a zero form for the 2nd person present independent. (Cf. Welsh zero for 2sg present)
Todo: Person markers in auxiliaries should be prefixes (yə-/xə-, rə-, 0-, lə-, nə-?)


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{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="wikitable" style="width: 700px; text-align:center;"
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!rowspan=3| present
!rowspan=3| present
! affirmative
! affirmative
| ''coy xey gʷer V''
| ''xco xey gʷer V''
| ''(co) mo gʷer V''
| ''(rəco) mo gʷer V''
| ''la šru gʷer V''
| ''la šru gʷer V''
| ''col tli gʷer V''
| ''łco tli gʷer V''
| ''con tna gʷer V''
| ''nəco tna gʷer V''
|-
|-
! interrogative
! interrogative
| ''gʷay xey gʷer V''
| ''xgʷay xey gʷer V''
| ''gʷa mo gʷer V''
| ''rəgʷay mo gʷer V''
| ''gʷa šru gʷer V''
| ''gʷay šru gʷer V''
| ''gʷal tli gʷer V''
| ''łgʷay tli gʷer V''
| ''gʷan tna gʷer V''
| ''nəgʷay tna gʷer V''
|-
|-
! negative
! negative
| ''gʷay xey wa gʷer V''
| ''xgʷay xey wa gʷer V''
| ''gʷa mo wa gʷer V''
| ''rəgʷay mo wa gʷer V''
| ''gʷa šru wa gʷer V''
| ''gʷay šru wa gʷer V''
| ''gʷal tli wa gʷer V''
| ''łgʷay tli wa gʷer V''
| ''gʷan tna wa gʷer V''
| ''nəgʷay tna wa gʷer V''
|-
|-
!rowspan=3| past
!rowspan=3| past
! affirmative
! affirmative
| ''ʒey xey V''
| ''xʒe xey V''
| ''ʒu mo V''
| ''rəʒe mo V''
| ''ʒe sru V''
| ''ʒe sru V''
| ''ʒel tli V''
| ''łʒe tli V''
| ''ʒen tna V''
| ''nəʒe tna V''
|-
|-
! interrogative
! interrogative
| ''ʔəʒey xey V''
| ''ʔəxʒe xey V''
| ''ʔəʒu mo V''
| ''ʔərʒe mo V''
| ''ʔəʒe sru V''
| ''ʔəʒe sru V''
| ''ʔəʒel tli V''
| ''ʔəłʒe tli V''
| ''ʔəʒen tna V''
| ''ʔənʒe tna V''
|-
|-
! negative
! negative
| ''ʔəʒey xey wa V''
| ''ʔəxʒe xey wa V''
| ''ʔəʒu mo wa V''
| ''ʔərʒe mo wa V''
| ''ʔəʒe sru wa V''
| ''ʔəʒe sru wa V''
| ''ʔəʒel tli wa V''
| ''ʔəłʒe tli wa V''
| ''ʔəʒen tna wa V''
| ''ʔənʒe tna wa V''
|-
|-
!rowspan=3| future
!rowspan=3| future
! affirmative
! affirmative
| ''ʔay xey V''
| ''xʔal xey V''
| ''ʔa mo V''
| ''rəʔal mo V''
| ''ʔa sru V''
| ''ʔal sru V''
| ''ʔal tli V''
| ''łʔal tli V''
| ''ʔan tna V''
| ''nəʔal tna V''
|-
|-
! interrogative
! interrogative
| ''ʔəday xey V''
| ''ʔəxda xey V''
| ''ʔəda mo V''
| ''ʔərda mo V''
| ''ʔəda sru V''
| ''ʔəda sru V''
| ''ʔədal tli V''
| ''ʔəłda tli V''
| ''ʔədan tna V''
| ''ʔənda tna V''
|-
|-
! negative
! negative
| ''ʔəday xey wa V''
| ''ʔəxda xey wa V''
| ''ʔəda mo wa V''
| ''ʔərda mo wa V''
| ''ʔəda sru wa V''
| ''ʔəda sru wa V''
| ''ʔədal tli wa V''
| ''ʔəłda tli wa V''
| ''ʔədan tna wa V''
| ''ʔənda tna wa V''
|-
|-
!rowspan=3| conditional/subjucntive
!rowspan=3| conditional/subjunctive
! affirmative
! affirmative
| ''doy xey V''
| ''xdo xey V''
| ''do mo V''
| ''rədo mo V''
| ''do sru V''
| ''do sru V''
| ''dol tli V''
| ''łdo tli V''
| ''don tna V''
| ''nədo tna V''
|-
|-
! interrogative
! interrogative
| ''ʔədoy xey V''
| ''ʔəxdo xey V''
| ''ʔədo mo V''
| ''ʔədo mo V''
| ''ʔədo sru V''
| ''ʔədo sru V''
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|-
|-
! negative
! negative
| ''ʔədoy xey wa V''
| ''ʔəxdo xey wa V''
| ''ʔədo mo wa V''
| ''ʔədo mo wa V''
| ''ʔədo sru wa V''
| ''ʔədo sru wa V''
| ''ʔədol tli wa V''
| ''ʔəłdo tli wa V''
| ''ʔədon tna wa V''
| ''ʔəndo tna wa V''
|-
|-
|}
|}


Todo: Add more forms, look at Welsh
Todo: Add more forms, look at Welsh
== Derivational morphology ==
* ''kʼ-'' (allomorph of ''k-''?) derives agent or instrument nouns
** ƛʼu 'to hunt', kʼƛʼu 'tooth'


== Syntax ==
== Syntax ==
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