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668 lines
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Typst
#import "/templates/base.typ": *
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#import "/templates/utils/gloss.typ": example, gloss
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#import "/templates/utils/lang-mos.typ": *
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#let high = html.span.with(class: "high")
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#show: conf.with(page-title: "Mosici")
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%lang %mos %language-documentation
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#set heading(numbering: "I.A.1.a.")
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#let low = html.span.with(class: "low")
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#let gloss-opts = (
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txt-style: sn,
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translation-style: low,
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)
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#let g = gloss.with(..gloss-opts)
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#let ex = example.with(..gloss-opts)
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#let bl = "["
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#let br = "]"
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#let ann = it => sub(sc(it))
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#let abb = it => low(sc(it))
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This page describes Cairniasial standard Mosici, with brief mentions about other
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close varieties such as Sialmoséce standard Mosici
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= Sound ⁊ Letters <sec-sound-letters>
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== Phonology <sec-phonology>
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Mosici has the following phonemes
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#table(
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columns: 5,
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[], [*Labial*], [*Coronal*], [*Palatal*], [*Dorsal*],
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[*Nasal*], [m], [n], [], [],
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[*Stop*], [p], [t], [], [k],
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[*Fricative*], [f v], [s z], [ɕ ʑ], [ʀ],
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[*Approximants*], [w], [], [j], [ʟ],
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)
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#table(
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columns: 3,
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[], [*Front*], [*Back*],
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[*Close*], [i y], [u],
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[*Close-Mid*], [e ø], [o],
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[*Open-Mid*], [ɛ], [ɔ],
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[*Open*], table.cell(colspan: 2)[a],
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)
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All vowels can also all be long,
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There is also the following allophony rules:
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- The dorsal approximant is realised as a [ẅ] off-glide in coda positions.
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- The dorsal fricative is realised as a [ɐ̯] off-glide in coda positions.
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- The dorsal fricative is realised as a true fricative [ʁ] in consonant
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clusters.
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- /n/ nasalises a preceding vowel.
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- /n/ itself is not pronounced in coda positions.#footnote[still applies
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nasalisation] <fn-nasal-even-coda>
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- Nasalised close vowels are realised as mid-centralised: /ĩ ĩː ỹ ỹː ũ ũː/ [ɪ̃ ɪ̃ː
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ʏ̃ ʏ̃ː ʊ̃ ʊ̃ː]
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- The dorsal plosive ⁊ approximant are realised as palatal before /i y e j/
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#footnote[or their or their long and/or nasalised
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variants] <fn-dorsal-assimilation>,
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- The dorsal plosive ⁊ approximant are realised as uvular before /u o
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w/@fn-dorsal-assimilation
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- The dorsal plosive ⁊ approximant are realised as palatal after /e i
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j/@fn-dorsal-assimilation or in the coda of a syllable with /e
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i/@fn-dorsal-assimilation as the nucleus.
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- The dorsal plosive ⁊ approximant are realised as velar otherwise
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- Plosives are realised as voiced next to other phonemically voiced consonants.
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- Plosives are realised as non-sibilant fricatives of the same place of
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articulation word finally.
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== Coalescence <sec-coalescence>
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Mosici doesn't allow consecutive vowels inside of words. To resolve would-be
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hiatuses, a coalescence process is used. This process is historic for all native
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words, but it still current to resolve diphthongs in loan words and is necessary
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to understand to read the written language, as the spelling was fixed before
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that sound change occurred.
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The process goes thusly (before applying the allophony):
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1. Group <enumitem-coalesce-start> all consecutive vowels by pairs, starting at
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near the start of the word
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2. Combine all pairs of vowels according to the table below (the first vowel
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indexes the row, and the second vowel indexes the column)
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3. If any vowel is long, the resulting vowel is long;
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4. Repeat from #context link(
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query(<enumitem-coalesce-start>).first().location(),
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)[step 1] until all hiatus has been resolved.
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#table(
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columns: 10,
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[ ], [*a*], [*ɛ*], [*ɔ*], [*e*], [*ø*], [*o*], [*i*], [*y*], [*u*],
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[*a*], [ɔ], [a], [ɔ], [ɛ], [ɛ], [ɔ], [e], [ø], [o],
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[*ɛ*], [ɛ], [i], [ø], [i], [e], [ø], [i], [ø], [ø],
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[*ɔ*], [ɔ], [ø], [ɔ], [ø], [ø], [o], [ø], [ø], [o],
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[*e*], [ɛ], [i], [ø], [i], [e], [ø], [i], [ø], [ø],
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[*ø*], [ø], [e], [ø], [e], [y], [ø], [y], [y], [y],
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[*o*], [ɔ], [ø], [o], [ø], [ø], [u], [ø], [ø], [u],
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[*i*], [ja], [jɛ], [jɔ], [je], [jø], [jo], [i], [jy], [ju],
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[*y*], [ø], [ø], [ø], [ø], [y], [ø], [i], [i], [y],
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[*u*], [wa], [wɛ], [wɔ], [we], [wø], [wo], [wi], [y], [u],
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)
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== The Nahan Script <sec-nahan-script>
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Mosici is written in the [[/worlds/Asteron/Nahan Script]] (also named the
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Polia(h)r alphabet), which is am alphabet which in Mosici is considered to have
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the following letters, digraphs and diacritic’d letters. The sole diacritic is
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called the #sn[] 〈sitrapaóha〉.
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#figure(caption: [Poliahr for Mosici], table(
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columns: 5,
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[*Letter*], [*Transliteration*], [*Value (IPA)*], [*Name*], [*Name (IPA)*],
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sn[], [p], [/p/], sn[], [[pe]],
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sn[], [o], [/o/], sn[], [[us]],
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sn[], [l], [/ʟ/], sn[], [[ʟɔ̃]],
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sn[], [i], [/e/], sn[], [[iɐ̯nɛ]],
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sn[], [a], [/a/], sn[], [[ɔ̃ɸ]],
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sn[],
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[h],
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[/∅/#footnote[Lengthens a preceding vowel] <fn-script-h>],
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sn[],
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[[apfɛ]],
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sn[],
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[r],
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[/ʀ/],
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sn[ #footnote[Literally "sounded hapfe"] <fn-script-sounded>],
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[[fasteɕɛx apfɛ]],
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sn[], [c], [/k/], sn[], [[kaẅ]],
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sn[], [n], [/n/], sn[], [[nɔẅ]],
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sn[], [e], [/ɛ/], sn[], [[istaẅ]],
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sn[], [s], [/z/], sn[], [[ɕpaẅ]],
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sn[], [f], [/v/], sn[], [[fasoː]],
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sn[], [m], [/m/], sn[], [[miʎɔ]],
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sn[], [t], [/t/], sn[], [[tɛɟjo]],
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))
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#figure(caption: [Digraphs], table(
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columns: 3,
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[*Letter(s)*], [*Transliteration*], [*Value IPA*],
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sn[], [ó], [/u/],
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sn[], [í], [/i/],
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sn[], [á], [/ɔ/],
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sn[], [é], [/i/],
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sn[], [ssi], [/ɕ/],
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sn[], [si], [/ʑ/],
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sn[], [ff], [/f/],
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sn[], [ss], [/s/],
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))
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#figure(caption: [Punctuation], table(
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columns: 3,
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[*Punctuation*], [*Transliteration*], [*Use*],
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sn[], [,], [Comma, short break],
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sn[], [.], [Period, long break, sentence end],
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sn[], [· or -], [word-internal separator, hyphen],
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sn[],
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[’ or : or .],
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[Abbreviation mark, list initiator and hyphenation marker (on both sides of
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the cut).\ Transliteration depends on use],
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sn[ ], [( )], [Quotes or parrenthesis],
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))
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=== Numbering with the Poliahr order
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The letters can be used to number things in the manner most alphabets are used
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elsewhere. for those purpose the order is as used above but #sn[] isn't used.
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=== Note for Mosici as used on Nguhcraft
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Mosici can also be found on the #link("https://mc.nguh.org/")[Nguhcraft world].
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That "Sialmoséce standard" version of the language is nearly identical to the
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Cairniasial standard described in this document, but has experienced a minor
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spelling reform affecting the spelling of voiced fricatives. it introduces two
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new modified letters, inserted after their plain versions in the order. They
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aren't used in Poliahr order numbering either.
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#figure(caption: [New letters in Sialmoséce standard Mosici], table(
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columns: 5,
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[*Letter*], [*Transliteration*], [*Value (IPA)*], [*Name*], [*Name (IPA)*],
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sn[], [z], [/z/], sn[ ], [[fasteɕɛx ɕpaẅ]],
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sn[], [v], [/v/], sn[ ], [[fasteɕex fasoː]],
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))
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the following sequences are thus respelled
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#figure(
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caption: [Repellings in Sialmoséce standard Mosici],
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table(
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columns: 2,
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[*Cairniasial Standard*], [*Sialmoséce Standard*],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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),
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)
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== Examples <ex-ortho>
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#sn[] ⟨tráihéinss⟩ "fox"
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- \*/tʀɔiːɛins/
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- → \*/tʀ#high[øːi]ns/ #low[Coalescence 1]
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- → /tʀ#high[yː]ns/ #low[Coalescence 2]
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- → [d#high[ʁʏ̃ː]s] #low[Allophony]
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#sn[] ⟨mosséceec⟩ "of islands"
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- \*/mosikɛɛk/
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- → /mosik#high[i]k/ #low[Coalescence]
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- → [mosi#high[c]i#high[ç]/ #low[Allophony]
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#sn[] ⟨an·nielfc⟩ "of Nyelaf"
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- \*/annjɛʟvk/
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- → /a#high[n]jɛʟvk/ #low[Particle shenanigans]
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- → [#high[ã]njɛ#high[ẅ]v#high[ɣ]] #low[Allophony]
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= Words <morph>
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== Nouns <morph-nouns>
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=== Number <morph-nouns-number>
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Number is marked by reduplicating the last orthographic vowel of the root
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without the sitrapaóha #low[(see following table)]. In most cases the
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pronunciation of the plural isn't directly derivable from the pronunciation of
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the singular.
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#table(
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columns: 2,
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[*Singular*], [*Plural*],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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)
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=== Cases <morph-nouns-cases>
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Nouns are also marked for case. There are 5 simple cases --- agent, patient,
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genitive, dative and ablative --- and 2 compound cases --- spatial and temporal
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locative.
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They are 7 patterns for the simple cases based on the the coda consonant(s) of
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the agent form: the concatenative pattern, and the 6 substitutive patterns
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(#sn[], #sn[], #sn[], #sn[], #sn[], #sn[])
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#table(
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columns: 8,
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align: center,
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[],
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[*C*],
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[*Sub* #sn[]],
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[*Sub* #sn[]],
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[*Sub* #sn[]],
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[*Sub* #sn[]],
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[*Sub* #sn[]],
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[*Sub* #sn[]],
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[*Agent*], [∅], sn[], sn[], sn[], sn[], sn[], sn[],
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[*Patient*], table.cell(colspan: 7, sn[]),
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[*Genitive*], table.cell(colspan: 7, sn[]),
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[*Dative*], sn[], sn[], sn[], sn[], sn[],
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sn[], sn[],
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[*Ablative*],
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table.cell(colspan: 3, sn[]),
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table.cell(colspan: 2, sn[]),
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table.cell(colspan: 2, sn[]),
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)
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==== Agent <case-agent>
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The Agent case #ann[age] indicates the agent of a transitive clause, or the
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subject of an active intransitive clause.
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#ex(
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caption: [Agent case in an transitive clause],
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txt: [#high[] ],
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translit: (high[loarne], [aint], [ilaalih.]),
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phono: (bl + high[ʟɔɐ̯nɛ], [ɛ̃ð], [eʎɔʎeː] + br),
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morphemes: (high[Loarne.#sc[age]], sc[dem.pat], [say.#sc[pst.3sa]]),
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translation: [#high[Loarne] said that],
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lbl: "ex-case-age-trans",
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)
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#ex(
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caption: [Agent case in an active intransitive clause],
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txt: [#high[] #high[] ],
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translit: ([#high[loarne]], [i], high[masealn], [fionreor.]),
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phono: (bl + high[ʟɔɐ̯nɛ], [e], high[mazɛ̃ẅ], [vjõʀøɐ̯] + br),
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morphemes: (
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high[Loarne.#sc[age]],
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[and],
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high[Mazealn.#sc[age]],
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[eat.#sc[fut.3pa]],
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),
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translation: [#high[Loarne] and #high[Mazealn] will eat],
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lbl: "ex-case-age-intrans",
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)
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==== Patient <case-patient>
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The Patient case #ann[pat] indicates the patient of a transitive clause, or the
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subject of a stative intransitive clause.
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#ex(
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caption: [Patient case in a transitive clause#footnote[Note that while the
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pronoun is dropped thanks to the verb conjugation, but the clause is
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still transitive]<fn-pat-trans>],
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txt: [#high[] ],
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translit: (high[nriiht], [fionreeff.]),
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phono: (bl + high[nʁiːθ], [vjõʀiɸ] + br),
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morphemes: (high[grain#sc[.pl.pat]], [eat#sc[.prs.1s]]),
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translation: [I eat #high[grains]],
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lbl: "ex-case-pat-trans",
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)
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#ex(
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caption: [Patient case in an intransitive clause],
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txt: [#high[] ],
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translit: (high[rent], [oítass.]),
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phono: (bl + high[ʀɛ̃ð], [ytas] + br),
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morphemes: (high[house#sc[.pat]], [be\_tall#sc[gno.3si]]),
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translation: [#high[The house] is tall],
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lbl: "ex-case-pat-intrans",
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)
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==== Genitive <case-genitive>
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The genitive case #ann[gen] indicates possession or qualification. Note that in
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the case of qualification, the formation of a compound is also possible. Note:
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Compounding is not subject to coalescence.
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#ex(
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caption: [Possessive genitive case],
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txt: [#high[] ],
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translit: (high[ilc], [ren]),
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phono: (bl + high[eẅɣ], [ʀɛ̃] + br),
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morphemes: (high(sc[1s.gen]), [house#sc[.age]]),
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translation: [#high[my] house],
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lbl: "ex-case-gen-poss",
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)
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#ex(
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caption: [Qualificative genitive case],
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txt: [#high[] ],
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translit: (high[áhioc], [issofe]),
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phono: (bl + high[øːx], [esovɛ] + br),
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morphemes: (high[fiction.#sc[gen]], [job#sc[.age]]),
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translation: [a #high[fictional] job],
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lbl: "ex-case-gen-qual",
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)
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#ex(
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caption: [Compounding],
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txt: [],
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translit: ([#sn[]\ áhio-], [#sn[]\ issofe]),
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phono: (bl + [øː-], [esovɛ] + br),
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morphemes: ([fiction-], [job#sc[.age]]),
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translation: [a fictional job],
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lbl: "ex-case-gen-compound",
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)
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==== Dative <case-dative>
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The dative case #ann[dat] indicates the beneficiary of a ditransitive verbs, as
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well as indicating a direction faced. Note hover that it isn't used with verbs
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of movement towards something, for those use the patient case (see
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@case-patient) instead, the dative instead indicates the means of displacement.
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#ex(
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caption: [Dative in ditransitive clauses],
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txt: [#high[] ],
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translit: (high[elssi], [rent], [ssiehíeff]),
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phono: (bl + high[ɛẅɕ], [ʀɛ̃ð], [ɕjɛːf] + br),
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morphemes: (high(sc[2s.dat]), [house#sc[.pat]], [give.#sc[pres.1s]]),
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translation: [I give #high[you] a house],
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lbl: "ex-case-dat-ditrans",
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)
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#ex(
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caption: [Dative as means of displacement for verbs of movement towards],
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txt: [ #high[] ],
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translit: ([an·ssialmossécet], high[ffoítstsselassi], [oissailin.]),
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phono: (bl + [ãɕaẅmosicɛθ], high[fydztsɛʟaɕ], [øsɛʎẽ] + br),
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morphemes: (
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[#sc[ppn-]Sialmoséce#sc[.dat]],
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high[train.#sc[dat]],
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[go#sc[.pst.2s]],
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),
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translation: [You#ann[sg] went to Sialmoséce #high[by train]],
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lbl: "ex-case-dat-mot",
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)
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#ex(
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caption: [Dative as an allative substitute for other verbs],
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txt: [#high[] ],
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translit: (
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high[an·cairniassialssi],
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[an·ssialmosécet],
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[ffoítstsselafia],
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[filineff.],
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),
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phono: (
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bl + high[ãkɛɐ̯nɛɕaẅɕ],
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[ãɕaẅmosicɛθ],
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[fydztsɛʟavja],
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[veʎẽnɛf] + br,
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),
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morphemes: (
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high[#sc[ppn-]Cairniasial#sc[.dat]],
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[#sc[ppn-]Sialmoséce#sc[.pat]],
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[train.#sc[abl]],
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[leave.#sc[prs.1s]],
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),
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translation: [I leave Sialmoséce by train #high[to Cairniasial].],
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lbl: "ex-case-dat-all",
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)
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==== Ablative <case-abl>
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The ablative case #ann[abl] indicates the provenance of the action. It is also
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used as an instrumental, indicating the means by which the action is done. For
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verbs of movement away from something, it only has it's instrumental meaning,
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the source is indicated by the patient case (see @case-patient). For verbs of
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movement towards something, the ablative doesn't have the instrumental meaning,
|
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for that role use the dative instead.
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||
|
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#ex(
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caption: [Ablative case in an ablative meaning],
|
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txt: [#high[] ],
|
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translit: (high[an·ssialmossécefia], [nriiht], [fionreeff.]),
|
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phono: (bl + [ãɕaẅmosicɛvja], [nʁiːθ], [vjõʀiɸ] + br),
|
||
morphemes: (
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high[#sc[ppn]-Sialmoséce.#sc[abl]],
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[grain#sc[.pl.pat]],
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||
[eat#sc[.prs.1s]],
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||
),
|
||
translation: [I eat grains #high[from Sialmoséce]],
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||
lbl: "ex-case-abl-abl",
|
||
)
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||
#ex(
|
||
caption: [Ablative case as instrumental],
|
||
txt: [#high[] ],
|
||
translit: (high[hoéfenfia], [cirtíf.]),
|
||
phono: (bl + high[yvɛ̃vja], [ceɐ̯div] + br),
|
||
morphemes: (high[pen#sc[.abl]], [write#sc[.past.1pe]]),
|
||
translation: [We#ann[excl] wrote #high[with a pen].],
|
||
lbl: "ex-case-abl-inst",
|
||
)
|
||
|
||
==== Spatial Locative <case-spaloc>
|
||
|
||
The spatial locative cases #ann[sploc] is used to indicate a spacial location.
|
||
it is marked by expressing the noun in the genitive case, followed by the
|
||
#sn[] ⟨la⟩ particle. It is however pronounced as there was no word boundary
|
||
between the word and the particle.
|
||
|
||
#ex(
|
||
caption: [Spatial Locative],
|
||
txt: [ #high[ ]],
|
||
translit: ([il], high[an·fanssterilc‿la] + [.]),
|
||
phono: (bl + [eẅ], [ãvãstɛʀeẅʝ ʟa] + br),
|
||
morphemes: (sc[1s.age], [#sc[ppn-]Vansteril#sc[.gen‿sploc]]),
|
||
translation: [I am #high[in Vansteril]],
|
||
lbl: "ex-case-sploc",
|
||
)
|
||
|
||
==== Temporal Locative <case-temploc>
|
||
|
||
There are four temporal locatives: past, present, future and gnomic
|
||
#low[#sc[tmploc.pst, tmploc.prs, tmploc.fut] and #sc[tmploc.gno]]. The past case
|
||
(resp. present and future) is used, as its name indicates, to locate events that
|
||
happened in the past (resp. present and future). The gnomic case locates events
|
||
that are either generally happening, happening at an unknown point in time, or
|
||
happening repeatedly. The past case (resp. present, future, gnomic) are
|
||
indicated by expressing the noun in the oblique followed by the particle
|
||
#sn[] ⟨anip⟩ (resp #sn[] ⟨anep⟩, #sn[] ⟨anop⟩ and #sn[]
|
||
⟨anap⟩) However the present case is rarely used outside of set phrases like
|
||
#sn[ ] “today” or #sn[ ] “now”.
|
||
|
||
Note that those are pronounced as there was no word boundary between the word
|
||
and the particle.
|
||
|
||
#ex(
|
||
caption: [Present temporal locative],
|
||
txt: [#high[ ] ],
|
||
translit: (high[fint‿anep], [marefess.]),
|
||
phono: (bl + high[vẽð ãneɸ], [maʀɛvɛs] + br),
|
||
morphemes: (high[day.#sc[pat‿tmploc.prs]], [be_cold.#sc[prs.3si]]),
|
||
translation: [It’s cold #high[today]],
|
||
lbl: "ex-case-tmploc-prs",
|
||
)
|
||
|
||
#ex(
|
||
caption: [Past temporal locative],
|
||
txt: [ #high[ ] ],
|
||
translit: ([il], high[fionreipt‿anip], [,], [cirtin.]),
|
||
phono: (bl + [eẅ], high[vjõʀipθ ãneɸ], [|], [ceɐ̯dẽ] + br),
|
||
morphemes: (
|
||
sc[1s.act],
|
||
high[eat#sc[.pst.pcp.pat‿tmploc.pst]],
|
||
[|],
|
||
[write] + sc[.pst.2s],
|
||
),
|
||
translation: [#high[When] I #high[ate], you#ann[sg] wrote],
|
||
lbl: "ex-case-tmploc-pst",
|
||
)
|
||
#ex(
|
||
caption: [Future temporal locative],
|
||
txt: [ #high[ ] ],
|
||
translit: ([il], high[fionreapt‿anop], [,], [cirton.]),
|
||
phono: (bl + [eẅ], high[vjõʀøpθ ãnoɸ], [|], [ceɐ̯dõ] + br),
|
||
morphemes: (
|
||
sc[1s.act],
|
||
high[eat#sc[.fut.pcp.pat‿tmploc.fut]],
|
||
[|],
|
||
[write] + sc[.fut.2s],
|
||
),
|
||
translation: [#high[When] I#high[’ll eat], you#ann[sg]’ll write],
|
||
lbl: "ex-case-tmploc-fut",
|
||
)
|
||
#ex(
|
||
caption: [Gnomic temporal locative],
|
||
txt: [ #high[ ] ],
|
||
translit: ([il], high[fionreapt‿anap], [,], [cirtan.]),
|
||
phono: (bl + [eẅ], high[vjõʀɛpθ ãnaɸ], [|], [ceɐ̯dã] + br),
|
||
morphemes: (
|
||
sc[1s.act],
|
||
high[eat#sc[.gno.pcp.pat‿tmploc.gno]],
|
||
[|],
|
||
[write] + sc[.gno.2s],
|
||
),
|
||
translation: [#high[Whenever] I #high[eat], you#ann[sg] write],
|
||
lbl: "ex-case-tmploc-gno",
|
||
)
|
||
|
||
=== Proper noun enclitic #sn[] <morph-ppn>
|
||
|
||
Proper nouns that aren't personal names always take the proper noun enclitic
|
||
#ann[ppn] #sn[] ⟨an·⟩
|
||
|
||
The affix #sn[] ⟨ni-⟩ --- which on proper nouns forms demonyms --- attaches
|
||
to the front of the proper noun enclitic: #sn[] gives
|
||
#sn[] and not \*#sn[] or \*#sn[]. Demonyms
|
||
formed this way also mark plural on the proper noun enclitic: #sn[]
|
||
pluralises to #sn[] and not \*#sn[].
|
||
|
||
== Pronouns <morph-pronouns>
|
||
|
||
Mosici has a full set of personal, demonstrative and interrogative pronouns (see
|
||
table at the end of this section). However, the use of personal pronouns is
|
||
limited to situations where they are necessary.
|
||
|
||
The Agent and patient forms especially are often dropped in non-participial
|
||
clauses. Indeed, a speaker would more often use the passive marking and avoid a
|
||
pronoun altogether than use an patient form: Use #sn[ ]
|
||
#low[(Loarne.#sc[age] #sc[pass.]eat#sc[.prs.3si])] rather than ?#sn[
|
||
] #low[?(Loarne#sc[.age] #sc[3si.pat] eat#sc[.prs.3sa])] for
|
||
"Loarne eats it."
|
||
|
||
#mos-pron(none, open: true)
|
||
|
||
== Verbs <morph-verbs>
|
||
|
||
Verbs are mainly conjugated according to their tense and the grammatical person
|
||
of the agent.
|
||
|
||
Orthographically the pattern is completely regular, however the vowel
|
||
coalescence (see @sec-coalescence) causes the pronunciation to be quite chaotic.
|
||
The plural forms of past and present tense are always identical when spoken but
|
||
distinguished in writing.
|
||
|
||
Verbs are typically listed in their gnomic infinitive form. to derive the stem,
|
||
remove the final #sn[]. Here is a conjugation table for an hypothetical
|
||
null-stemmed verb as a way to list the affixes#footnote[You may find those forms
|
||
verbatim in some older texts as a now defunct copula.] <fn-old-copula>
|
||
|
||
#mos-v("", open: true)
|
||
|
||
=== Aspect, mood ⁊ related nonsense <morph-verbs-extra-tam>
|
||
|
||
If you need other moods or aspects than an unaspected indicative, there is a
|
||
plethora of affixes you can stack on verbs to specify them further, they all are
|
||
interpreted as nested, coming away from the verb, and can be combined and
|
||
stacked for more specific meanings, or occasionaly derive new core meanings. In
|
||
the latter case those are typically indicated in dictionaries.
|
||
|
||
Here is a (eventually but not yet) exhaustive list of such affixes: #low[(all of
|
||
them are prefixes)]
|
||
|
||
==== Conditional <morph-verbs-cond>
|
||
|
||
The conditional #sn[] ⟨ffói-⟩ #ann[cond] indicates that the action of a
|
||
verb is an hypothetical, or unreal situation.
|
||
|
||
==== Imperfective, durative, iterative, Inchoative <morph-verb-npfv>
|
||
#low[*TODO*: Imperfective, durative]
|
||
|
||
The iterative #sn[] ⟨atéo-⟩ #ann[iter] indicates that the action of the
|
||
verb is appening again, or repeatedly.
|
||
|
||
The inchoative #sn[] ⟨marai-⟩ #ann[inch] is used to indicate that the
|
||
start with an action.
|
||
|
||
==== Perfective, terminative <morph-verb-pfv>
|
||
|
||
The perfective #sn[] ⟨ntof-⟩ #ann[pfv] is used to indicate that an action
|
||
was ponctual instead of lasting. When combined with the inchoative it has a
|
||
translative meaning: it indicates a transition into the state resulting of the
|
||
active verb or described by the stative verb.
|
||
|
||
#low[*TODO*: terminative]
|
||
|
||
==== Desiderative, Necessitatives, Optative, Hortative <morpho-verb-opt>
|
||
|
||
The desiderative #sn[] ⟨ffats-⟩ #ann[des] indicates that the results of
|
||
the verb are desired by the subject.
|
||
|
||
The moral necessitative #sn[] ⟨réan-⟩ #ann[mness] indicates that the
|
||
agent is morally obligated to perform the action.
|
||
|
||
The hortative #sn[] ⟨cofa-⟩ #ann[hort] indicates a strong injunction to
|
||
perform the action.
|
||
|
||
#low[*TODO*: Optative, Physical necessitative]
|
||
|
||
==== Imperative <morph-verb-imp>
|
||
The imperative, contrary to all the other moods, is expressed with a particle
|
||
#sn[] ⟨o⟩ after the verb complex. If you need an affix form for
|
||
@morph-verb-other reasons, you should use the hortative (see @morpho-verb-opt)
|
||
instead.
|
||
|
||
==== Causatives <morph-verb-cau>
|
||
Mosici has two causatives: the purposeful and the accendental.
|
||
|
||
The purposeful causative #sn[] ⟨siehí-⟩ indicates that the described
|
||
state is caused by the agent intentionally.
|
||
|
||
The accidental causative #sn[] ⟨ssní-⟩ indicates that the described state
|
||
is cased by the agent in unintentionally or accidentally.
|
||
|
||
Both change the valency of the verb. the cause is expressed as the agent, what
|
||
would the agent of the root verb is expressed as the patient, and what would
|
||
have been the patient of the root verb is expressed in the dative, the verb
|
||
agrees with it's new agent (unless further modified).
|
||
|
||
==== Passive <morph-verb-pas>
|
||
The passive affix #sn[] ⟨na-⟩ makes a transitive verb agree with its
|
||
patient instead of its agent.
|
||
|
||
==== Negation <morph-verb-neg>
|
||
The negation prefix is #sn[] ⟨ta-⟩. It negates whatever component of the
|
||
verb is immediately following it.
|
||
|
||
==== Also on other parts of speech <morph-verb-other>
|
||
While frowned upon in more formal texts, all of the above mood and aspect
|
||
affixes can be added to nouns to great effect in less formal or more poetic
|
||
registers. Exception is of the negation affix which is considered perfectly
|
||
acceptable in all registers.
|
||
|
||
== Numerals
|
||
|
||
= Syntax
|
||
|
||
At the sentence level Mosici has a mostly constituant order due to heavy role
|
||
marking. That said, it tends to default to topic fronting on an underlying SOV
|
||
order.
|
||
|
||
Inside constituants, it depends on the type of adjuncts: genitives and ordinals
|
||
come before the noun they qualify, but verbal participles and demonstrative come
|
||
after the noun they qualify.
|
||
|
||
Relative clauses are formed by expressing the verb in the participle, declined
|
||
in case with its role in the main clause.
|