Re: USAGE: Miapimoquitch directionals

On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 02:43  PM, Thomas R. Wier wrote:

> Quoting Dirk Elzinga <dirk_elzinga@...>:
>
>> On Monday, June 16, 2003, at 11:23  AM, JS Bangs wrote:
>>
>>> Dirk Elzinga sikyal:
>>>
>>>> Hey all.
>>>
>>> This is good reading, Dirk. [...]
>>
>> Thanks. A lot of what I know about lexical suffixes comes from Salish
>> and Wakashan. In fact, a lot of current Miapimoquitch morphosyntax has
>> Salish antecedents. I recommend Salish as a rich source of inspiration
>> for morphosyntax (and phonology! but Salishan phonology is not for the
>> faint of heart, and didn't provide any models for Miapimoquitch).
>
> Have you ever taken a look at Algonkian languages? They're so
> gratuitously morphological... they're great!
It was Algonkian which originally inspired the person hierarchy (2 > 1
 > 3 > 3') and inverse in Miapimoquitch. I haven't looked closely at the
morphology otherwise.

Dirk
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