Proto-Mikalet Grammar
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Proto-Mikalet is a nominative-accusative language with a system that eventually evolves into quirky subject in its daughter languages.The morphological structure of a noun is as follows:
Stem + Number + Case
Nouns can decline to show 4 numbers: singular, dual, paucal and plural.
| Number | Class 1 | Class 2 | Class 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SG | |||
| DU | -dwa: | -dwa | -dha |
| PAU | -sxikh | -sxin | -sxim |
| PL | -l'ot | -l'or | -l'oq |
Proto-Mikalet recognises 3 classes of animacy:
Class 1: Animate sentient
- Humans
- Animals
- Fire
- Deities
- Jobs
Class 2: Animate non-sentient
- Water, rivers etc.
- Weather phenomena
- Plants
- Body parts
- Place names
Class 3: Inanimate
- Other elements
- Objects
- Time-related ideas
- Abstract nouns
The cases in Proto-Mikalet are as follows:
| Case | C1 | C2 | C3 |
|---|---|---|---|
| NOM | |||
| ACC | -get | -ged | -geqh |
| DAT | -koe | -khoe | -kho |
| ABL | -pade | -pwat | -pwat' |
| INESS | -da:li | -da:l'e | -da:k |
| ADESS | -dkat | -dke | -dke: |
| ILL | -thalm | -thram | -thra: |
| SUPESS | -stax | -sext | -six |
Classifiers used in Proto-Mikalet:
| o:re | human |
|---|---|
| kcingh | domesticated/farm animals |
| ro:ca | harmless animals |
| bwroe | harmful animals |
| thiche | tall things |
| ajer | aqueous things |
| kghars | hard, solid things |
| bwatkh | vessels, corpses, bottles, boats |
| pencha: | long things, winding things, threads, rope |
| ckikh | short things, stubs, fingers, toes, numbers |
| blxa:t | round things, balls, bowls, wheels |
| tapt | places |
| pakri | clothing, accessories |
| n̥do | generic |
These are the converbs used to express adverbial subordination in Proto-Mikalet:
| pwirp- | without |
|---|---|
| n̥toq- | in order to |
| cam- | like |
The topic marker xini is put directly before the topic of the sentence
ja m̥e:mk xini che.
I eat you.
xini ja m̥e:ml che.
It is I who eats you. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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