Favorlang language

Favorlang has gone through the following sound changes. Except for the *t, *s, *Z > merger, all of these sound changes are shared by the five Western Plains languages Taokas, Babuza, Papora, Hoanya, and Thao. • Merger of PAn *n and *ŋ as • Merger of *t, *s, *Z as • Merger of *N and *S1 as • Complete loss of *k, *q, *H • Partial loss of *R, *j, including the loss of final *-y and *-w • s (in initial and medial positions) > ==Sources==

Case markers include: • ja 'nominative marker' • ta 'personal name marker' • o, no 'oblique (genitive and accusative, common noun)' • i 'oblique (personal noun)' • de 'locative' • i 'directional' Agent-focus verbal affixes include: ;Agent-focus • -um- ~ -umm- (after consonant-initial verb stems) or um- ~ umm- (before vowel-initial verb stem except i-) • -im-, -em- (lexically conditioned) • m- • p- ;Past tense (AF) • -in-umm-, in-umm • m-in- • -in- ;Future tense (AF) • Reduplication of the first stem syllable ;Imperative (AF) • -a Non-agent-focus verbal affixes are: • -an 'locative focus' • -en, -in, -n 'patient focus' • ipa- ... -a 'imperative (non-agent-focus)' • -in-, in- 'past tense (non-agent-focus)' • ino- 'future tense (non-agent-focus)' When -in- and -umm- appear together in a word, -in- usually precedes -um- ~ -umm-, as in Ilokano, Bontok, and some Dusunic languages in Sabah (Rungus Dusun and Kimaragang Dusun). Occasionally, -umm- precedes -in- in several Favorlang lexical forms, but this is not very common. ==Pronouns==

All of the following personal pronouns are free forms. All genitive pronouns end with -a. ==Examples==

;The Lord's Prayer ==References==