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Keep in mind I've been doing four classes a day of actual historical ling. this week and next, so I'm a little bit burned out to do imaginary historical linguistics. But I'll do my best.

I think I'll sidetrack a bit and tackle verbs. Normally, of course, the paradigm used would be the reflex of λύω- but in Catalonian Greek this verb has a front rounded vowel in the root, and that screws everything up because of vowel harmony; if the stress falls on a front rounded vowel (and these only appear stressed), no back rounded vowels can follow it; they get fronted and derounded.

Morphologically, the system has actually expanded from ancient Greek; there's now a middle/passive distinction in every tense, and an aspect distinction has developed in the future. (Given that I've attempted to kill off a good bit of nominal morphology, I'm not sure this is actually plausible- but what the heck. We'll run with it). Morphological distinctions that would otherwise be killed off by phonetic mergers have largely been restored via analogy- thus, the 2nd person middle ending -sa (<-σαι) has returned to the present system, and the present optative has been maintained via importation of a thematic vowel -a- from the aorist.

Here's a large table of the present system. Among other things, note that a new passive has been innovated for this system by affixing the active endings to the participle in -μενος. This includes the future passive; the original future passive belongs to the aorist future, which has split off from the normal future to become a new tense.

PRES. IND. ACT.		PRES. IND. MIDD.	PRES. IND. PASS.
práto	prátumi		prátuma	pratómit	pratuméno	pratuménumi
prátis	prátid		prátesa prátist		pratóminis	pratuménid
práti	prátusi		prátida	prátunda	pratómini	pratuménusi

PRES. SUBJ. ACT.	PRES. SUBJ. MIDD.	PRES. SUBJ. PASS.
práto	prátomi		prátoma	pratòmit	pratuméno	pratuménomi
prátes	práted		prátesa	prátest		pratuménes	pratuméned
práte	prátosi		práteda	prátonda	pratuméne	pratuménosi

PRES. OPT. ACT.		PRES. OPT. MIDD.	PRES. OPT. PASS.
prátam	prátami		pratáme	pratámit	pratuménam	pratuménami
prátas	prátad		prátasa	prátast		pratóminas	pratuménast
práta	prátaï		prátad	prátand		pratómina	pratuménaï

PRES. IMP. ACT.		PRES. IMP. MIDD.
—	—		—		—
práti	prátid		prátu		prátist
pratédo	pratóndo	pratésto	pratésto

IMPF. IND. ACT.		IMPF. IND. MIDD.		IMPF. IND. PASS.
épratu	iprátumi	ipratóme	ipratómit	ipratóminu	ipratuménumi
épratis	iprátid		iprátu		iprátist	ipratóminis	ipratuménid
éprati	iprátusi	iprátid		iprátud		ipratómini	ipratuménusi

FUT. IND. ACT.		FUT. IND. MIDD.			FUT. IND. PASS.
prášo	prášumi		prášuma		prašómit	prašuméno	prašuménumi
prášis	prášid		prášisa		prášist		prašóminis	prašuménid
práši	prášusi		prášida		prášunda	prašómini	prašuménusi

FUT. SUBJ. ACT.		FUT. SUBJ. MIDD.		FUT. SUBJ. PASS.
prášo	prášomi		prášoma		prašòmit	prašuméno	prašuménomi
prášes	prášed		prášesa		prášest		prašuménes	prašuméned
práše	prášosi		prášeda		prášonda	prašuméne	prašuménosi

FUT. OPT. ACT.		FUT. OPT. MIDD.			FUT. OPT. PASS.
prášam	prášami		prašáme		prašámit	prašuménam	prašuménami
prášas	prášad		prášasa		prášast		prašóminas	prašuménad
práša	prášaï		prášad		prášand		prašómina	prašuménaï

FUT. IMP. ACT.		FUT. IMP. MIDD.
——-	——		——		——
práši	prášid		prášu		prášist
prašédo	prašóndo	prašésto	prašésto


EDIT: Sudden realization that the newly innovated future subjunctives and optatives are going to be indistinguishable from their aorist counterparts. I'll have a little think about that.