โ Scribed by Janรญs Endzelรญns; William R. Schmalstieg; Benjamin Jรฉgers
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Foreword
Translatorsโ Foreword
List of Abbreviations
Introduction (1-3)
I. PHONOLOGY
1. Stress and intonation (4-5)
2. Root and suffix vowels and diphthongs (6-20)
3. Word final vocalism (21-22)
4. Inherited ablaut patterns (23)
5. Diphthongs > monophthongs (24)
6. Long vowels > diphthongs (25)
7. Shortening of old long vowels and diphthongs (26-28)
8. Lengthening of short vowels (29-32)
9. Anaptyxis (33)
10. Contraction and elision (34)
11. Correspondences with consonants of related languages (35-49)
12. Changes of consonants in sequences and phenomena common to several consonants (50-84)
II. MORPHOLOGY
1. Compound words (85-91)
2. Reduplication (92)
3. Suffixes of nominal stems (93-175)
4. Noun declension (176-269)
5. Declension of adjectives (270-275)
6. Comparison of adjectives (and adverbs) (276)
7. Definite adjectives (277-281)
8. Numerals (282-298)
9. Pronouns (299-325)
10. Conjugation (326-422)
11. Adverbs (423-431)
12. Prepositions (432-452)
13. Conjunctions and particles (453-458)
Word Index of Languages
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