Yeuric: Difference between revisions
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#/ə/ is only present in elder speakers' speech, it's gone silent in younger speakers' speech. | |||
==Orthography== | ==Orthography== | ||
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===Syntax=== | ===Syntax=== | ||
Noun incorporation is incredibly common to the extent of seeming almost polysynthetic. For example, " | Noun incorporation is incredibly common to the extent of seeming almost polysynthetic. For example, "páruḥazapáeruḷav‧ẉel‧káviḥazateuliḷavṛé?", which means "Won't you take my hand and follow my lead?" (From the song "Whistling Tree", by Haunted Like Human), this breaks down roughly as: | ||
:páru⸗ḥa⸗za-páeru⸗ḷa⸗v-ẉel-kávi⸗ḥa⸗za-teuli⸗ḷa⸗v⸗ṛé? | :páru⸗ḥa⸗za-páeru⸗ḷa⸗v-ẉel-kávi⸗ḥa⸗za-teuli⸗ḷa⸗v⸗ṛé? | ||
:take⸗fut⸗2.if¹-hand⸗1.gen⸗acc-and-follow⸗fut⸗2.if-guidance⸗1.gen⸗acc⸗ṛé² | :take⸗fut⸗2.if¹-hand⸗1.gen⸗acc-and-follow⸗fut⸗2.if-guidance⸗1.gen⸗acc⸗ṛé² | ||
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===Morphology=== | ===Morphology=== | ||
==== | ====Nominals==== | ||
{{template:Neo-Yeuric nouns|hlauwa| | {{template:Neo-Yeuric nouns|hlauwa|g=f|m=- "speech"}} | ||
Noun compounding is common, in modern Yeuric, it functions by cleaving the gender affix off the end of the first component then adding the second component, though the affix is still often written, as in "ẉēirahlauwa". | Noun compounding is common, in modern Yeuric, it functions by cleaving the gender affix off the end of the first component then adding the second component, though the affix is still often written, as in "ẉēirahlauwa". | ||
Nominals have 3 genders, these being neuter, feminine, and masculine. The neuter is often considered the default, though verbs appear with the endings for all of them (verbs making up the roots nouns are derived from). These genders are determined through the final vowel of the root. | Nominals have 3 genders, these being neuter, feminine, and masculine. The neuter is often considered the default, though verbs appear with the endings for all of them (verbs making up the roots nouns are derived from). These genders are determined through the final vowel of the root. It should be noted these genders are entirely derivational, while true gender is determined elsewhere. | ||
:Neuter: -a | :Neuter: -a | ||
:Feminine: -i, -e | :Feminine: -i, -e | ||
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:nominative/agentive is used in passive clauses | :nominative/agentive is used in passive clauses | ||
:agentive/patientive is used in causative clauses | :agentive/patientive is used in causative clauses | ||
Adjectives decline identically to nouns, agreeing for case, number, and gender (true, not derivational). | |||
{{template:Neo-Yeuric adjectives|hlaiwa|m=- "spoken"}} | |||
====Verbs==== | ====Verbs==== | ||