Old Anhic language: Difference between revisions

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'''Deverbal forms'''

Every verb in Old Anhic has two deverbal nouns associated with it, one in ''-a'', the other in ''-man''. The ''-a'' form is used for the 'process of X', and the ''-man'' form is uses for the 'result of X'. For example, ''gavasa'' means 'tasting', and ''gavasman'' means 'taste' (the result of tasting is a taste).

Every verb in Old Anhic has two deverbal nouns associated with it, one in ''-a'', the other in ''-man''. The ''-a'' form is used for the 'process of X', and the ''-man'' form is uses for the 'result of X'. For example, ''gavasa'' means 'tasting', and ''gavasman'' means 'taste' (the result of tasting is a taste). The ''-man'' affix has two forms, for aniotic verbs, the form is ''-an''; for iotic verbs, the form is ''-man''.

'''Participles'''

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Base example: ''Ag ati has '''gmāgam''' gvinam dakkyatt.'' 'Me and him saw the big woman.' The adjective ('''''gmāgam''''', 'big') is placed before the noun (''gvinam'', 'woman'), but this isn't required, an equally valid sentence is '''''Gmāgam''''' ''dakkyatt ag ati has gvinam.'' Now, the adjective is disconnected from its noun, the verb is now before the subject, and the noun is at the end.

== Vocabulary ==

Most of Old Anhic's vocabulary is descended directly from Proto-Mallo-Brausian, with other obscure sources being unknown and/or unattested. Many words in Old Anhic are cognate with words in other Mallo-Brausian languages such as [[Loremese language|Loremese]], [[Caerimoscnë]], and [[Oikan language|Oikan]].

This table shows the most recognizable cognates between Old Anhic and the languages listed previously.

{| class="wikitable"

!'''''Meaning'''''

!Old Anhic

![[Loremese language|Loremese]]

![[Caerimoscnë]]

![[Oikan language|Oikan]]

!Proto-Mallo-Brausian

|-

!''mother''

|marha

|mater

|

|metser

!''*méh₂tēr''

|-

!''worm''

|varma

|vrimi

|ürmi

|uerma

!'''''*wr̥mis'''''

|-

!''five''

|pappa

|pence

|meghn

|ponkuo

!'''''*pénkʷe'''''

|-

!eye

|ħaqsa

|oc

|ou

|hokuo

!'''''*h₃ekʷ-'''''

|-

!''tongue''

|langva

|dazva

|taenchë

|denžua

!''*'''dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s'''''

|}

== Writing system ==

The Old Anhic script ('''Old Anhic''': ''anhāqa qrihman'') is an impure abjad with 19 total glyphs. Eighteen of the glyphs are used to represent consonants, the remaining one is used to indicate a prothetic or long vowel, generally /ɐ/. Words are written left-to-right, top-to-bottom with no spaces or interpunct between them. Diacritics did not originally exist, but a system of dots to indicate the other three vowels in Old Anhic was added later, natively called ''dāhass'' (lit. 'added'). Punctuation also did not originally exist, but a long vertical line was invented to indicate the ends of sentences, natively called a ''sttāhāss'' ('the standing').

[[File:Oldanhicwriting2.png|thumb|780x780px|A line from the ''Zgqavha'', a prayer written in Old Anhic (''recreated on computer)'']]

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 '''Deverbal forms'''
-Every verb in Old Anhic has two deverbal nouns associated with it, one in ''-a'', the other in ''-man''. The ''-a'' form is used for the 'process of X', and the ''-man'' form is uses for the 'result of X'. For example, ''gavasa'' means 'tasting', and ''gavasman'' means 'taste' (the <u>result of tasting</u> is a <u>taste</u>).
+Every verb in Old Anhic has two deverbal nouns associated with it, one in ''-a'', the other in ''-man''. The ''-a'' form is used for the 'process of X', and the ''-man'' form is uses for the 'result of X'. For example, ''gavasa'' means 'tasting', and ''gavasman'' means 'taste' (the <u>result of tasting</u> is a <u>taste</u>). The ''-man'' affix has two forms, for aniotic verbs, the form is ''-an''; for iotic verbs, the form is ''-man''.
 '''Participles'''
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 Base example: ''Ag ati has '''gmāgam''' <u>gvinam</u> dakkyatt.'' 'Me and him saw the big woman.' The adjective ('''''gmāgam''''', 'big') is placed before the noun (''<u>gvinam</u>'', 'woman'), but this isn't required, an equally valid sentence is '''''Gmāgam''''' ''dakkyatt ag ati has <u>gvinam</u>.'' Now, the adjective is disconnected from its noun, the verb is now before the subject, and the noun is at the end.
+== Vocabulary ==
+Most of Old Anhic's vocabulary is descended directly from Proto-Mallo-Brausian, with other obscure sources being unknown and/or unattested. Many words in Old Anhic are cognate with words in other Mallo-Brausian languages such as [[Loremese language|Loremese]], [[Caerimoscnë]], and [[Oikan language|Oikan]].
+This table shows the most recognizable cognates between Old Anhic and the languages listed previously.
+{| class="wikitable"
+!'''''Meaning'''''
+!Old Anhic
+![[Loremese language|Loremese]]
+![[Caerimoscnë]]
+![[Oikan language|Oikan]]
+!Proto-Mallo-Brausian
+|-
+!''mother''
+|marha
+|mater
+|
+|metser
+!''*méh₂tēr''
+|-
+!''worm''
+|varma
+|vrimi
+|ürmi
+|uerma
+!'''''*wr̥mis'''''
+|-
+!''five''
+|pappa
+|pence
+|meghn
+|ponkuo
+!'''''*pénkʷe'''''
+|-
+!eye
+|ħaqsa
+|oc
+|ou
+|hokuo
+!'''''*h₃ekʷ-'''''
+|-
+!''tongue''
+|langva
+|dazva
+|taenchë
+|denžua
+!''*'''dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s'''''
+|}
+== Writing system ==
+The Old Anhic script ('''Old Anhic''': ''anhāqa qrihman'') is an impure abjad with 19 total glyphs. Eighteen of the glyphs are used to represent consonants, the remaining one is used to indicate a prothetic or long vowel, generally /ɐ/. Words are written left-to-right, top-to-bottom with no spaces or interpunct between them. Diacritics did not originally exist, but a system of dots to indicate the other three vowels in Old Anhic was added later, natively called ''dāhass'' (lit. 'added'). Punctuation also did not originally exist, but a long vertical line was invented to indicate the ends of sentences, natively called a ''sttāhāss'' ('the standing').
+[[File:Oldanhicwriting2.png|thumb|780x780px|A line from the ''Zgqavha'', a prayer written in Old Anhic (''recreated on computer)'']]