Ancient Hajdossa
| Ancient Hajdossa | |
|---|---|
| Language family | Hajdic |
| Early form(s) | Prehistoric Hajdossa |
| Official status | |
| Spoken in | Hajdis (supplanted by future forms of Hajdossa) |
| Speaker | |
| Technical information | |
| Language code | AHD |
Ancient Hajdossa is the first documented stage of Hajdossa, defined by the first complete grammar of the language. Writing was not yet invented, but that wasn't needed, as HVM, which was already written with the latin script, already existed.
Phonology
The phonology of Ancient Hajdossa was able to be recorded due to the IPA already being in use.
Ancient Hajdossa had 17 phonemic consonants:
| Labial | Alveolar | Post-Alveolar/Palatal | Velar | Uvular/Laryngeal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plosive | p | t | k | q, ʔ ⟨'⟩ | |
| Fricative | f | θ ⟨þ⟩, s | ʃ ⟨š⟩ | x | ħ, h |
| Nasal | m | n | ŋ | ||
| Liquid | ɾ ⟨r⟩, ɬ ⟨ł⟩ | j |
Ancient Hajdossa had 4 phonemic vowels:
| Front | Non-front | |
|---|---|---|
| Close | i, iː ⟨ii⟩ | o, oː ⟨oo⟩ |
| Non-close | e, eː ⟨ee⟩ | a, aː ⟨aa⟩ |
Hajdossa also has the following diphthongs: ao, oe, ea, ei, ai, oi
Syllable structure: (C)V(C)
Stress falls on the first syllable with a long vowel or diphthong, otherwise it falls on the first syllable
Syntax
Ancient Hajdossa had a mainly SOV word order.
Eigenschaftsworts[1] originated from nouns and precede the word they modify:
þiik hare łaxe maoš
person much fire see
"The person sees a lot of fire"
Prepositions (go before words) and possessives before the possessee.
- ↑ Loaned from German Eigenschaftswort "property word" which refers to a part of speech that works as both adjectives and adverbs