Toaq Anachron

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Toaq Anachron is a dialect of Toaq which keeps features of Toaq Delta while incorporating features from older toaq versions.

Toaq Anachron's inventory is the same as Toaq Delta's except with the addition of the letter Y [y], and the merging of n and q. Its rimes are also the same as Toaq Delta's except with the addition of y, y(Q), iy(Q), ye(Q), yei and r ([ɹ̩~ɻ̩]).

Tone Pronunciation Note
neutral tone Falling Predicates etc.
rising tone Rising Argument
rising-falling tone (Rise-)Fall Hiatus Adverbial, Object incorporation
rising-creaky tone Falling Glottal Content Clause
falling creaky tone Rising Glottal Relative Clause
falling-rising tone (obsolete 3rd tone) Rising Hiatus Serial Verb

Adverbials and verbs work as normal. The rising tone now an allophone of , instead of .

Kaı rén kúe tî búajıo jǐbo.
Somebody is writing a book in my house.

Object incorporation is the same, and has an allophone nhy.

Negation is handled by the verb bu (▯ is false.)

Chun bû jí shámu. / Bu chun jí shámu.
I'm not eating an apple.

Yes/no questions are handled with the unary verb ma.

rıq ló kue mâ? (is the book green?)

rıq ló kue mâ?
is the book green?

Tenses and aspects are handled by these verbs:

pu
▯ happened in the past.
jıa
▯ will happen in the future.
naı
▯ happens now.
pu
▯ happened in the past.
he
▯ happens as a general rule (gnomic).
za
▯ is going to happen.
hoaı
▯ is still happening.
▯ is about to happen.
luı
▯ has happened.
chum
▯ is continuing to happen.

Bu chum kaqsı súq tíbı. / Kaqsı chûm bû súq tíbı.
I'm not watching TV right now.

Content clauses are done by putting the rising-creaky tone tone on the predicate. Both lä and ë are allophones of it. The existence of determines whether it's a or ë clause. ꝡä clauses still need ꝡä.

Tua chıe súq jí nöaq já ba.
Teach me how to read.

Huı müaq júaq réq shǐ mẽa ló me!
Even one person's death in the team is bad!

Relative clauses are with falling-rising tone (obsolete 3rd tone) and it has the allophone ꝡẽ. They work as you would expect, except unary predicates in relative clauses never need hóa. Non-restrictive clauses start with jũ.

Bo jí kúe kĩa.
I own a red book.

Kaq súq tíbı lãqshuaq hê hóa sía.
You're watching a TV which makes no sound.

Serial verbs are attached with falling-rising tone (obsolete 3rd tone).

élu nǔı.
small elephant.