On Wed, 8 Feb 2006 14:26:38 +0000, Peter Bleackley
<Peter.Bleackley@...> wrote:
>The table below shows subject/object prefixes for a fusional polysynthetic
>language. Your mission, should you chose to accept it, is to find the
>morphemes from which they are derived in the languages recent agglutinating
>ancestor, and the sound changes that got us from there to here.
>
>Subjects in rows, objects in columns. 1st person has inclusive and
>exclusive plural forms, 3rd person has animate and inanimate forms.
>Everything is in CXS.
>
> intrans 1 1ex 1inc 2 2p 3an 3anp 3in
3inp
>1 pi pesa pesQku pes&fi bwi bwena pyxu pyxona pimi
pimna
>1ex pyku pykosa pykosQku pykos&fi pygwi pygwena
pikxu pikxona pykymi pykymena
>1inc pfi pfesa pfesQku pfes&fi pfiwi pfiwena pfyxu pfyxona
pfimi pfimna
>2 Nu Nosa NosQku Nos&fi Nywi Nywena Nuxu Nuxna Nymi
Nymena
>2p Nona Nunsa NunsQku Nuns&fi Non&wi Non&wena NonQxu
NonQxona Non&mi Non&mena
>3an tu tosa tosQku tos&fi tywi tywena tuxu tuxna tymi
tymena
>3anp tona tunsa tunsQku tuns&fi ton&wi ton&wena tonQxu
tonQxona ton&mi tyn&mena
>3in mi rasa rasku ras&fi r&wi r&wena rQxu rQxona r&mi
r&mena
>3inp mena ransa ransQku rans&fi ran&wi ran&wena ranQxu
ranQxona ranmi ranmena
>
>Pete
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