Talsmic languages: Difference between revisions
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===Verbal morphology=== | ===Verbal morphology=== | ||
====Thematic suffixes==== | ====Thematic suffixes==== | ||
Proto-Talsmic saw the development of thematic vowels from derivational suffixes. Thematic vowels are found in many Talsmic languages, but modern languages often generalize | Proto-Talsmic saw the development of thematic vowels from derivational suffixes. Thematic vowels are found in many Talsmic languages, but modern languages often generalize the ''a''-paradigm to the expense of the others. | ||
*''*-īn'': basic verbs | *''*-īn'': basic verbs | ||
*''*-a-īn'': denominative or transitive verbs | *''*-a-īn'': denominative or transitive verbs | ||