Difference between revisions of "Akachenti"
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Thus far, we posit Pre-Modern Akachenti copular forms of ''se:'', "to be", and the nominalized ''sen'', "what (one) is". | Thus far, we posit Pre-Modern Akachenti copular forms of ''se:'', "to be", and the nominalized ''sen'', "what (one) is". | ||
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|se || usa iba:sh || (with) you, I am that, a lover || with you, I am a lover || i-patientive | |se || usa iba:sh || (with) you, I am that, a lover || with you, I am a lover || i-patientive | ||
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| + | |se || huede esef (huede esev) || and that is (going to be)? || and that is too? || e-patientive | ||
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|sen || isen ís || it.<small>AGT</small>, what (it) is, (it) is that.<small>PAT</small> || it is what it is || í-patientive | |sen || isen ís || it.<small>AGT</small>, what (it) is, (it) is that.<small>PAT</small> || it is what it is || í-patientive | ||
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|sen || hesen || what is (it)? || what is it? || denuded | |sen || hesen || what is (it)? || what is it? || denuded | ||
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| + | == Affixation and Derivation == | ||
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| + | === Inflectional Affixes === | ||
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| + | Inflectional affixes appear to all be postpositions, in keeping with an OVS language and verbs tending to fuse at the end of a word. Unlike evening constructions, inflectional affixes have fused sufficiently that they no longer attract glottalic tone to their first and last syllables. Inflectional affixes serve as a compounded extension of the root. | ||
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| + | ==== The Verb Base ==== | ||
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| + | There are two primary verb bases, demonstrated below. | ||
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| + | {| class="wikitable sortable" | ||
| + | |+ |Synchronic Examples | ||
| + | !unmarked || + agentive affix || optative || + agentive affix | ||
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| + | |baga: || baga:v(a) || baga:sha || ∅ | ||
| + | |- | ||
| + | |ashi || ashik(a) || ashiv(a) || ∅ | ||
| + | |} | ||
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| + | === Constructions === | ||
[[Category:Kingdoms and Thorn]] | [[Category:Kingdoms and Thorn]] | ||
[[Category:Language]] | [[Category:Language]] | ||
Revision as of 14:03, 1 May 2017
Akachenti is the most commonly spoken major dialect of the Kachan language, spoken by the Ogunn people. It is an incorporating fusional polysynthetic language with fluid-S active morphosyntactic alignment and relatively free word order with default OVS.
Contents
Phonology
Vowels
Consonants
Verbs
The Copula
Thus far, we posit Pre-Modern Akachenti copular forms of se:, "to be", and the nominalized sen, "what (one) is".
| lexeme | sample | definition | translation | alignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| se: | hese: | how are (you)? | how be? | denuded |
| se | ise ganchá | it is, (it) does beauty (to) me.PAT | it's beautiful to me | á-patientive |
| se | isikachan evagonchan | it is, Kachan, my home voice | Kachan is the language I speak at home | e-patientive |
| se: | ise: ganche | it is beautiful | it's beautiful | i-agentive |
| se | igonar isiganchanta | it, my home, it is beautiful | my home is beautiful | i-agentive |
| se | sa gudá | I am an experiencer of home-want | I'm a shut-in OR I don't get out much | á-patientive |
| se | usa iba:sh | (with) you, I am that, a lover | with you, I am a lover | i-patientive |
| se | huede esef (huede esev) | and that is (going to be)? | and that is too? | e-patientive |
| sen | isen ís | it.AGT, what (it) is, (it) is that.PAT | it is what it is | í-patientive |
| sen | hesen | what is (it)? | what is it? | denuded |
Affixation and Derivation
Inflectional Affixes
Inflectional affixes appear to all be postpositions, in keeping with an OVS language and verbs tending to fuse at the end of a word. Unlike evening constructions, inflectional affixes have fused sufficiently that they no longer attract glottalic tone to their first and last syllables. Inflectional affixes serve as a compounded extension of the root.
The Verb Base
There are two primary verb bases, demonstrated below.
| unmarked | + agentive affix | optative | + agentive affix |
|---|---|---|---|
| baga: | baga:v(a) | baga:sha | ∅ |
| ashi | ashik(a) | ashiv(a) | ∅ |
