Proto-Suvo-Poshumic Numerals, Colors, Etc
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tracking evolution of # and color systems
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3. Sayings and Idioms
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Compare WALS's articles on non-derived and derived basic color categories.
Proto-Suvo-Poshumic had a fairly simple (type III) distinction between white, red, yellow/green/blue, and black.
In Proto-Suvonic, this split into a white, red, yellow, green/blue, and black division. It remains this way in modern Suvoon.
In Proto-Poshumic, this split into white, red, yellow/green, blue, and black. It split again several times before reaching modern Poshumi, to white, red, yellow, blue, green, black, orange.
In both descendant languages, purples tend to be classed as red.
Compared the WALS article on numeral bases.
Proto-Suvo-Poshumic words up to 20 that were monomorphemic, but it is unknown what base the language used.
In Proto-Suvonic, this developed into a base 10 system with monomorphemic words for 10-17 and 20.
skʷus, gos, i'al, keetta, maihi, paha', kiila, balni', lodaat, pees
Suvoon lost the monomorphemic word for 17.
Proto-Poshumic developed a base 20 number system. ✎ Edit Article ✖ Delete Article
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