Proto-Tokamic language

Proto-Tokamic (*Wantsagwe, meaning "language") is the reconstructed commmon ancestor of the Tokamic language family. It is hypothesised to have been spoken in the 3rd millenium in mainland Northwest Soco and, after the Tokamic migrations in the 28th century onwards, in Chilianesia.

Consonants

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! ! Bilabial ! Alveolar ! Palatal ! Velar ! Glottal ! Nasal ! Plosive ! Affricate ! Fricative ! Approximant
 * + Consonant phonemes of Proto-Tokamic
 * m || || || ||
 * p || t || || k || ʔ ⟨'/h⟩
 * || t͡s ⟨ts⟩ || || ||
 * || s || || ɣ ⟨g⟩ ||
 * || l || j ⟨y⟩ || w ||
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Vowels

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! ! Front ! Central ! Back ! Close ! Mid ! Open
 * + Vowel phonemes of Proto-Tokamic
 * i || ||
 * ɛ ⟨e⟩ || || ɔ ⟨o⟩
 * || a ||
 * }

Nouns
Nouns in Proto-Tokamic are inflected for animacy, case and possession.

Cases
Proto-Tokamic has five cases: nominative, accusative, dative, genitive and locative. They decline depending on animacy.

Possession
Inalienable possession is marked on the noun with suffixes.


 * *tamte'e 'a — my arm
 * *tamsek 'aw — our arms

Verbs
Verbs are conjugated for person, number, grammatical tense, mood and voice. Proto-Tokamic has three tenses: present (*sal 'doing'), past (*sa'kasal 'done') and future (*tosal 'to be done'). The conditional is expressed with the prefix tok-.

Passive
The passive is formed with the prefix *e'el- (singular) or *sa'ka- (plural):


 * *e'elikatsel'a — person who is being eaten
 * *sa'kaikatselegsag — things that are being eaten; food