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qiihoskeh* The PolyF documentation is now online at
http://qiihoskeh.googlepages.com/PfNTOC.htm
I worked on comparisons (comparatives, superlatives, etc) some.
* I've mostly been working on PolyG (not the previously mentioned nameless project).
PolyG avoids marking person for one of the core arguments (the lower one in the hierarchy) by using a special 2nd person acting on 1st person morpheme along with the direct/inverse system. This leaves only number to be marked, except that adjectival and coreferential markers are used for those forms instead of number. The coreferential forms are used for subordinate verbs, adverbial forms, secondary predicates, and verbs following conjunctions. The direct/inverse markers are divided into divalent and monovalent. The divalent markers are direct (probably 0), inverse, and reciprocal. The monovalent markers are "antipassive" (direct with lower argument unspecified), "passive" (inverse with lower argument unspecified), and reflexive. Trivalent verbs add markers for 3rd person. Monovalent verbs, which includes adjectives, use a subset of the system. Nouns will probably use affixes similar to the verb's personal affixes for possessive markers. Possibly, number will be marked only on the verb.
The protolanguage will use a fairly small (10-11) number of consonants (labeled *p, *t, *k, *q, *f, *s, *h, *m, *n, *l, and maybe *r) with five vowels (labeled *i, *e, *a, *o, and *u). *q is probably [?]. Additional consonants that develop are /c/ [ts)], /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/ [dz)], /x/ [S], /j/, and /w/. The voiced stops and affricate come from intervocal consonants, with vowels subsequently deleted in some instances. Extralong syllables will be allowed. Some onset clusters with C + /l/, /j/, and /w/ are possible. The rest of the phonology is still to be worked out.
http://qiihoskeh.googlepages.com/PfNTOC.htm
I worked on comparisons (comparatives, superlatives, etc) some.
* I've mostly been working on PolyG (not the previously mentioned nameless project).
PolyG avoids marking person for one of the core arguments (the lower one in the hierarchy) by using a special 2nd person acting on 1st person morpheme along with the direct/inverse system. This leaves only number to be marked, except that adjectival and coreferential markers are used for those forms instead of number. The coreferential forms are used for subordinate verbs, adverbial forms, secondary predicates, and verbs following conjunctions. The direct/inverse markers are divided into divalent and monovalent. The divalent markers are direct (probably 0), inverse, and reciprocal. The monovalent markers are "antipassive" (direct with lower argument unspecified), "passive" (inverse with lower argument unspecified), and reflexive. Trivalent verbs add markers for 3rd person. Monovalent verbs, which includes adjectives, use a subset of the system. Nouns will probably use affixes similar to the verb's personal affixes for possessive markers. Possibly, number will be marked only on the verb.
The protolanguage will use a fairly small (10-11) number of consonants (labeled *p, *t, *k, *q, *f, *s, *h, *m, *n, *l, and maybe *r) with five vowels (labeled *i, *e, *a, *o, and *u). *q is probably [?]. Additional consonants that develop are /c/ [ts)], /b/, /d/, /g/, /z/ [dz)], /x/ [S], /j/, and /w/. The voiced stops and affricate come from intervocal consonants, with vowels subsequently deleted in some instances. Extralong syllables will be allowed. Some onset clusters with C + /l/, /j/, and /w/ are possible. The rest of the phonology is still to be worked out.
