Re: Larethian

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.)
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Simon Richard Clarkstone
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