Ancient Xi language

Ancient Xi or Proto-Xi (Çi' Ma'e [çiʔ maʔe], lit. 'human language') is the common ancestor of the Xi language family. It is spoken in the Xi Urheimat, the northernmost wildlands of Soco.

History
Ancient Xi is the oldest recorded form of the Xi languages, spoken in the Xi Urheimat and then throughout the continent of Soco after the beginning of the Xi migrations in circa 6000 AIA. Few is known about the Ancient Xi's origins and ancestry, and the total civilizational collapse is only described through the Tombstone Road left during later migrations.

After the Doqemba Ass Wars, substantial influence from the Doqemba slaves' language changed the structure of the Xi's common tongue, marking the beginning of Later Xi.

In north-central Soco, where Continental PDR people dwelled, Ancient Xi developed into Proto-Ak.

For the few Xi who crossed the ice bridge that allowed to reach Noco, Xi developed into Xhí', a very conservative macrolanguage that is part of the Noco sprachbund.

Grammar
Ancient Xi is a highly agglutinative language.

Plural
Ancient Xi has four plural markers depending on the noun.


 * -tak human plural
 * -maj animal plural
 * -saç non-human, non-animal animate plural
 * -sak inanimate plural

For example:


 * Xasema'tak kixkax xa'çi'ol paj'wapmaj.
 * 1.CAU.take.HUMAN.PL meat.ACC 3SG.GEN dog.DAT-LOC.ANIMAL_PL
 * 'They gave food to their dogs.'