Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan language
Case Declension 1 ( singular ) Declension 2 ( singular ) Declension 2 ( plural )
absolutive -∅/- ( ə ) n/-ŋæ/-lŋǝn - ( ǝ ) n - ( ǝ ) nti
dative - ( ǝ ) ŋ - ( ǝ ) naŋ - ( ǝ ) ðɣǝnaŋ
locative - ( ǝ ) k - ( ǝ ) næk - ( ǝ ) ðǝk
instrumental -tæ - ( ǝ ) næk - ( ǝ ) ðǝk
comitative kæ- -tæ - -
associative ka- -ma - -
referential -kjit - ( ǝ ) nækjit - ( ǝ ) ðǝkækjit
ablative -ŋqo ( rǝŋ ) - ( ǝ ) naŋqo ( rǝŋ ) - ( ǝ ) ðǝkaŋqo ( rǝŋ )
vialis -jǝpǝŋ - ( ǝ ) najpǝŋ - ( ǝ ) ðǝkajpǝŋ
allative -jǝtǝŋ - ( ǝ ) najtǝŋ - ( ǝ ) ðǝkajtǝŋ
attributive -nu - ( ǝ ) nu - ( ǝ ) ðɣǝnu
Grammar
It is generally accepted that Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan had an eleven-case system for nouns , but Dibella Wdzenczny has hypothesised that these evolved from only six cases in Pre-Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan . [ 1 ] Below is the reconstructed case system of Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan . [ 2 ]
Proto-Chukotko-Kamchatkan is the hypothetical common ancestor of the Chukotko-Kamchatkan languages. It is purported to have broken up into the Northern (Chukotian) and Southern (Itelmen) branches around B.C.E. 2000, when western reindeer herders moved into the Chukotko-Kamchatkans' homeland and its inland people adopted the new lifestyle. A reconstructed version of the language is presented by Michael Fortescue in his Comparative Dictionary of Chukotko-Kamchatkan (2005).