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The Ancestral Culture
The Ancestral language was, of course, the creation of the Ancestral culture, that prehistoric but in no way primitive civilization which lies at the root of mankind’s modern family tree. It displays, for the most part, the characteristics of any … Continue reading
The Ancestral Sentence
Introduction The usual order of the Ancestral sentence is SVO: Mood Indirect Subject Direct Subject Verb Direct Object Indirect Object
The Ancestral Verb Phrase
Introduction The canonical Ancestral verb phrase consists of the following three elements in this specific order: Role Qualifier Verb Role Indirect Subject /i/ Direct Subject /e/ Verb /a/ Direct Object /o/ Indirect Object /u/ Qualifier Place Possession Number Size Shape … Continue reading
The Ancestral Noun Phrase
Introduction The canonical Ancestral noun phrase consists of the following three elements in this specific order: Role Qualifier Noun Role Indirect Subject /i/ Direct Subject /e/ Verb /a/ Direct Object /o/ Indirect Object /u/ Qualifier Place Possession Number Size Shape … Continue reading
The Ancestral Adverb
The Ancestral adverb typically precedes the verb it modifies and is normally introduced (or marked) by one or more classificatory particles. In Ancestral, an adverb is in origin a noun to which the head verb is being compared. He runs … Continue reading
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The Ancestral Adnoun
The Ancestral adnoun typically precedes the noun it modifies and is normally introduced (or marked) by one or more classificatory particles. In Ancestral, an adnoun is in origin a noun to which the head noun is being compared. ‘sky eyes’ … Continue reading
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The Ancestral Particle
Every Ancestral verb, adverb, noun, or adnoun is normally introduced (or marked) by one or more particles. These particles (which might also be referred to as function words) create the framework of an Ancestral sentence and perform the work of … Continue reading
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The Ancestral Verb
Introduction The canonical Ancestral verb is composed of two distinct but interlocking elements: A biconsonantal semantic root A bivocalic stative transfix (infix/suffix) In other words, the basic Ancestral verb takes the form C1 + V1 + C2 + V1 where: … Continue reading
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The Ancestral Noun
Introduction The canonical Ancestral noun is composed of two distinct but interlocking elements: A biconsonantal semantic root A bivocalic stative transfix (infix/suffix) In other words, the basic Ancestral noun takes the form C1 + V1 + C2 + V1 where: … Continue reading
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The Ancestral Vowel
Introduction In contrast to its unusually rich consonant system, the Ancestral vowel system is the picture of simplicity. It consists of the five most common vowels /i e a o u/, pronounced (I believe) in more or less the Spanish … Continue reading
