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Noth is a conlang with grammar somewhat reminiscent of German, but with right-branching modifiers and postpositions. Word order is VOS.
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Noth is a [[wikipedia:conlang|conlang]] with grammar somewhat reminiscent of [[German]], but with right-branching modifiers and postpositions. Word order is VOS.
  
An ancient language dubbed Zu by Igur linguists was spoken about 6000 years ago near the Black Sea, as evidenced by apparent contact with Indo-European speaking peoples leaving Indo-European loan words in present-day vocabulary. In the 17th century, Igur's predecessor Tiku was split into different dialects, each one influenced by the language where its speakers resided. Noth was largely unaffected and remains a more conservative member of the family, with much more complicated noun class and verb systems.
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An ancient [[language]] dubbed Zu by Igur linguists was spoken about 6000 years ago near the Black Sea, as evidenced by apparent contact with Indo-European speaking peoples leaving Indo-European loan words in present-day vocabulary. In the 17th century, Igur's predecessor Tiku was split into different dialects, each one influenced by the language where its speakers resided. Noth was largely unaffected and remains a more conservative member of the family, with much more complicated noun class and verb systems.
  
 
Some sample expressions:
 
Some sample expressions:

Latest revision as of 11:11, 15 December 2004

Igur
Genetic classification:
Zu
  Teq
    Northeast Teq
Spoken in:

Da-Iguru

Noth is a conlang with grammar somewhat reminiscent of German, but with right-branching modifiers and postpositions. Word order is VOS.

An ancient language dubbed Zu by Igur linguists was spoken about 6000 years ago near the Black Sea, as evidenced by apparent contact with Indo-European speaking peoples leaving Indo-European loan words in present-day vocabulary. In the 17th century, Igur's predecessor Tiku was split into different dialects, each one influenced by the language where its speakers resided. Noth was largely unaffected and remains a more conservative member of the family, with much more complicated noun class and verb systems.

Some sample expressions:

Ni ti zügit nothzügsow? Do you speak Noth?

Ni tan (place) gos? Where is (place)?

Wanam vikodanam orok! Death to our enemies!

Ni ankocwit ghodecka ghot katfa? Was that cat driving a car?