Theiling Online    Sitemap    Conlang Mailing List HQ   

Re: Larethian

From:Simon Richard Clarkstone <s.r.clarkstone@...>
Date:Tuesday, October 26, 2004, 15:56
Andreas Johansson wrote:
> . SG PL > NOM korz [kO4T] korzu [kO4DU] > ACC korza [kO4Da] or [kQ4Da] korzum [kO4DUm] > JAC korzi [k24DI] korzim [k24DIm]
I don't know why, but I have a feeling that this language might feel more natural and (as you put it) "Germanic" if the jackallative plural were the same as either the jackallative singular or the accusitive plural. Assuming the jackallative plural isn't used commonly, its historic form could plausibly have merged with another form, leading to: king.JAC.PL = korzum or (my more likely, due to sounds of -o-) king.JAC.PL = korzi If, in some descendant language, the vowel of the jackallative changes to match the others, then the second possibility could actually *prevent* the merging of the jackallative with the accusative or nominative. (I am not a linguist, but these changes do seem plausible.) -- Simon Richard Clarkstone s.r.cl*rkst*n*@durham.ac.uk / s*m*n_cl*rkst*n*@hotmail.com

Reply

Andreas Johansson <andjo@...>