Proto-Saːkdi

Proto-Saːkdi is the proto-language of the Sākdi language family. Proto-Saːkdi language gives rise to three different languages. Proto-Saːkdi is supposedly spoken in the prehistoric period, it is only a spoken language and has no script of any kind.

Typological structure

Proto-Saːkdi is mostly a morphologically isolating language, with an additional but strongly marked agglutinative feature in derivative morphology.

In an isolating languages semantical or grammatical morphemes are almost coincident with single words, and they do not change or add any flecting affix to specify their role in a sentence or their number:

moːrɖa
wolf, a wolf, wolves, the wolf, the wolves

However, words cannot have more than one grammatical role in a sentence. Each words is composed of a root, carrying the main semantic meaning, and an affix, which invariably designates its definite grammatical form. These affixes can be both prefixating and affixating in nature.

moːr- + -ɖa
hunting + non humain animate being = wolf (n.)

The basic word order is essentially VOS (Verb-Object-Subject).

buːgnez moʈ muhɖa mɔqmih
(the) person sees (the) cow

The entire system is set according to typological parameters of the head-modifier (or head-initial) type:

• verb - object
• preposition - noun
• noun - adjective
• noun - relative clause

Phonology

Main article: Proto-Saːkdi phonology

Morphology

Main article: Proto-Saːkdi morphology

Syntax

Main article: Proto-Saːkdi syntax

Vocabulary

Main article: Proto-Saːkdi vocabulary