Lakovic languages

Not to be confused with the Lahob languages.

The Lakovic languages are a language family native to Talma.

Phylogeny

• Proto-Lakovic
  • Old Windermere
    • Classical Windermere dialects
      • Modern Windermere
    • a Vietnamese-like language
    • a Scots analog
  • Modern Tergetian
  • Ksieħ

Proto-Lakovic phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/				ŋ /ŋ/
Plosive	plain	p /p/	t /t/				k /k/	ʔ /ʔ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/				g /g/
	aspirated	φ /pʰ/	θ /tʰ/				χ /kʰ/
Fricative		f /f/	s /s̻/	š /s̺/	ś /ɬ/			h /h/
Affricate			c /ts̻/	č /ts̺/	ć /tɬ/
Approximant				r /r/	l /l/	y /j/

Vowels

Proto-Lakovic had 6 vowels and register tone:

i ü u e o a = /i y u e o a/

ì ǜ ù è ò à = low/breathy vowels

ə /ə/ was found in unstressed syllables.

Phonotactics

Final consonant clusters were allowed, unlike in Windermere.

Proto-Lakovic, like Old Chinese, had a contrast between tightly and loosely attached presyllables.

Proto-Lakovic morphology

Nouns

Proto-Lakovic had two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine was marked with -i.

• direct case marker: id-
• indirect case marker: how-

Adjectives

Adjectives agreed with nouns in gender. For example:

• šmer toʔ = a good man (m);
• ʔama toʔi = a good mother (f)

Verbs

TODO: triggers, aspects

Numbers

1. ʔadòni
2. raθi
3. sciwi
4. msàχi
5. Cə.mǜci
6. taχi
7. kàcdi
8. lχorsi
9. rə.φòyi
10. θabi
11. śaduli
12. srüχi

Proto-Lakovic syntax

Proto-Lakovic had flexible word order, but the most common word order was VSO.