I'm not sure I like the above. What I wanted was what noobish me made with these tables:
COL PL COL-PL NLR
NOM dôna dômhia dôua dômhiua dôrua
ACC dô dômhi dôu dômhiu dôru
POS* do dômh dô dômhi dôr
DAT dômbeᴴ dômhibeᴴ dôubheᴴ dômhiubheᴴ dôrubeᴴ
PREP dôn dômhi dôu dômhiu dôru
TEM dôm dômhi dôu dômhiu dôru
LOC dôm dômhif dôuḟ dômhiuḟ dôruf
VOC dôy dômhiy dôuẏ dômhiuẏ dôruy
*genitive (combining form) triggers in plural
COL PL COL-PL
NOM ribhlóna ribhlómhia ribhlóua ribhlómhiua
ACC ribhló ribhlómhi ribhlóu ribhlómhiu
POS* ribh ribhlómh ribhló ribhlómhi
DAT ribhlómbeḟ ribhlómhibeḟ ribhlóubheḟ ribhlómhiubheḟ
PREP ribhlón ribhlómhi ribhlóu ribhlómhiu
TEM ribhlóm ribhlómhi ribhlóu ribhlómhiu
LOC ribhlómh ribhlómhif ribhlóuḟ ribhlómhiuḟ
VOC ribhlóy ribhlómhiy ribhlóuẏ ribhlómhiuẏ
nomew > dobhé
wôrmôw > loró
nāmvon > ámbo
aorist progressive immediate
_________________________________________________________
1 dómbhelhé lórolé ámbonhé
2 dómbhelhín lóroli ámbonhín
Prs 3A dómbhella lórolla ámbodhla
3I dómbhelhrímh lórolli ámbodhri
_______ 4 dobhé lóro ámbo
1 dobhélhé lorólé abóndhé
2 dobhélhín loróli abóndhín
Fut 3A dobhélla lorólla abóndhla
3I dómbhelli lorólli ámbodhri
_______ 4 dómbhe loró ámbo
1 dobhélbhê lorólbê abónnê
2 dobhélbheín lorólbei abónneín
Past 3A dobhélbhela lorólbela abónnela
3I dómbhelbhéri lorólberi ámbonhéri
_______ 4 dómbhelbhe lorólbe ámbonhe
Because they are pretty.
On the other hand, I would like to consider Proto-Sylgwn.
Suppose Elmin's vowel system was actually a result of ATR: so /e V u/ with ATR, /E a o/ without, and /i 1/ are neutral. This probably isn't how ATR works, but I'm rolling with it anyway.
NC > C. NN > N' (the ' marks fortis, idk what it is.)
ATR correlates with breathy voice, so following stops become breathy-voiced > devoiced. This probably isn't how things work either, but I am beyond caring right now.
I think the vowel system right now does a Tocharian. Perhaps even identically, except that I also want to pull a labialization contrast out of there.
Syncope affects every other syllable; the stressed syllable is the one that is not syncoped.
NC > CC, so now we have /p p: p:' b b: b:'/. The outcome of this varies per position, however:
/p p: p:' b b: b:'/ > /p b b f pʼ pʼ/
/t t: t:' d d: d:'/ > /t t t d tʼ tʼ/
/k k: k:' g g: g:'/ > /ĉ k q ĵ kʼ qʼ/
This is about what Proto-Sylgwn should look like - a bastardized NWC. It's not perfect yet, though. (Where does *g come from? It does need to exist.)