Proto-Kagan

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Stage 1 Proto-Kagan==

General information
It is with out a doubt the Kagan is inherantly related to Japanese. This proto language examplifies the first round of changes that help turn Kagan into what it is. There is clearly a Sanskrit influence, too. The language must have been spoken before the early Kagans had settled in Bali.

Phonology
Like Japanese imitating Sanskrit, the language contains a large abundance of phonemes quite alien to Japanese, but retains many important features. The destinction between asperated & unasperated, just as it is in Sanskrit, is important.

Consonants The consonant ' can be voiced or unvoiced.

Vowels
Long vowels are prounced twice as long as short vowels are.

Phonotactics
Stage 1 Proto-Kagan must have had the following diphthons: ai, aai, au, aau, ei, ou. The latter two being less common.

Do to extensive borrowings from Sanskrit, Stage 1 Proto-Kagan is largely filled with consonant clusters when compared to Japanese.

Grammar
Stage 1 Proto-Kagan was a very complex language. it was likely Head-Final & had a large tendency to end sentences with a verb.

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Pronouns
Stage 1 Proto-Kagan had very elaborate & complex pronoun system.

Adjectives
Much like Japanese, Stage 1 Proto-Kagan did not have real Adjectives but instead a variety of nouns & verbs that can be used as Adjectives.

Nouns
A large portion of the nouns are borrowed from Sanskrit. Stage 1 Proto-Kagan, additionally uses a adfixing system very much like that of Sanskrit, but it abandons the Dual distinction.

Numerals
Stage 1 Proto Kagan had two seperate sets of numerals, one inherited from Japanese, one borrowed from Sanskrit.