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#2Proto-Suunitic by Knut
Proto-SuuniticEnglish

Ga Samūat pridiaj cunimmaj nimimā gadi Tuvalut.
Cunimxa wiwīmā pridiaxa, tīn tusth ūnimā jatalñtū tupixā tīn pahaj pridiamaj Tuvalumaj.
Di ukzñū muñapixa cunimxa piz wiwīmā, prasxa thun jatarimā jatalñū tupixā.

In Samoa, the missionary group spread into Tuvalu.
The missionaries influenced the people, and they forgot traditional songs and the spirits of Tuvalu groups.
Through the twentieth century, the missionaries stopped influencing, people started singing traditional songs.

Lexicon

cunimrin.missionary
diprep.through
gaprep.in
gadiprep.into
jatalñin.song
jatar-v.to sing
muñap-num.twenty
nim-v.to spread
pahajn.spirit
pizv.auxiliary, to stop
prasin.person
pridiajn.group
Samūan.Samoa
thunv.auxiliary, to start
tīnconj.and
Tulavun.Tulavu
tup-v.to be traditional
ukzñin.amount of 100 (read: century)
ūn-v.to forget
wiwi-v.to influence

GRAMMAR

Sentences are SVO.

Adjectives are verb-like in nature, inflected like verbs using the stative aspect.

NOUNS

Inanimate nouns

singularplural
Nominative-j/-i -xa
Accusative/Voc.-t -tū
Genitive-ni -maj
Dative-aw -uk

Animate nouns, abstract nouns

singularplural
Nominative-j/-i -xa
Accusative/Voc.-ā -ū
Genitive-ni -maj
Dative-aw -uk

-z-/-r- is elided from stem in all forms except nominative singular and dative

VERBS

Paradigms are listed in the order they're applied to the verb.

Tense

present(-a-)
aorist-im-
past-an-
future-ud-

Aspect

perfective-Ø-
imperfective-aw-
habitual/gnomic-if-
stative/adjectival-ix-
frequentative-ar-

Personal agreement

singular plural
1st person-n -awg
2nd person-a -nai
3rd person-a -ā