Antarian

Antarian (wāk antarihas) is an independent branch of the Maverico-Casaterran family of languages, native to Antari and neighbouring regions in Vinya. Its sole surviving member, Antarian, is the native language of most Antarians and is co-official with Anglian in Antari. The family contains other extinct languages such as Marallic, Capeatic, Cadialic, and Meyianic. The language is also spoken by minorities in other Vinyan states, where it is mostly unrecognized.

Antarian has the longest written tradition of any living Maverico-Casaterran language, having been attested more-or-less continuously for about 4,000 years on Antarian syllabary script and then the Alphabet, introduced in the 7th century BCE. Knowledge of the Antarian syllabary having gone extinct after the Alphabet's introduction, the script was rediscovered in 1784 but remained undeciphered due to its small corpus of limited subject matter. Anglian antiquarian Sir Edward Keen led the academic effort towards its decipherment in the 1890s and 1900s and conclusively demonstrated it as an archaic form of the Antarian language in 1910. It is often described as the sister to all other Maverico-Casaterran branches in view of its many archaic features.

The first millennium of the attestation of Antarian consists almost exclusively of personal names, labels, inventories, and transaction accounts. Occasionally, longer texts reflecting directions for craftsmen are found. The written record of Antarian experienced a notable enrichment under the Old Antarian Kingdom, during which literature is first set in writing, it being assumed that an oral tradition was normal both at the royal court and in communities.

History

Under the Maverico-Antarian Hypothesis, first raised by Henry Hatter, the ancestor to all Antarian languages diverged from the Proto-Maverico-Casaterran about 6,000 years ago. Two methods have been accpeted to support this date: firstly, the shared vocabulary between Proto-Antarian and other Proto-Maverico-Casaterran languages reflects a neolithic society without the ability to fashion elaborate objects from metallurgy, and secondly, assuming a constant rate of attrition, the relatively few cognate remains within the core vocabulary.

The Antarian language is customarily divided into the following phases:

• Proto-Antarian, the unattested ancestor to the Antarian family, spoken just after splitting from Proto-Maverico-Casaterran.
• Syllabary Antarian, the language attested from about 2000 BCE to 500 BCE with the syllabary script; later phases of the language reflect many features of earlier Classical Antarian, but also present are archaic set phrases.
• Classical Antarian, the lingua franca of the Old Antarian Kingdom, spoken from about 750 BCE to the start of the Common Era.
• Late Antarian, the lingua franca of the New Antarian Kingdom, spoken from the 3rd centry CE to the 10th century. Late Antarian, though attested on media and forms close to their Classical counterparts, is not a direct evolution of the Classical language and shows influence from Caditic.
• Medieval Antarian, spoken from the 10th century to the 14th century.
• Early Modern Antarian
• Modern Antarian

Grammar

The grammars of the Antarian languages are highly inflected and, owing to the family's early attestation, preserves a number of archaic Proto-Maverico-Casaterran features and correspondingly does not share in certain innovations, though common innovations are also attested. Due to this genetic position, Antarian has been influential in the reconstruction of Proto-Maverico-Casaterran grammar and syntax.

Word structure

Most Antarian words can be analyzed as a root, ending, and optionally a suffix between them. The root provides a basic meaning and can be used in all parts of speech. Endings in verbs provide the person, number, aspect, and voice, and in nouns the case and number. Suffixes modify the meaning of the root The tripartite word structure of Antarian is inherited from the PMC ancestral language and closely correlates to ablaut patterns.

Ablaut

A common feature in all Antarian languages is ablaut or apophony, where the form of the vowel in each syllable differs amongst zero-grade (noted in some texts as Ø), e-grade, and o-grade; ablaut is correlated but not completely determined by the position of accent, where the accented syllable is likely to have a full grade, i.e. e- or o-grade, and both are strongly related to syntax in both substantives and verbs.

The thematic vowel is present in Antarian in limited numbers. Whereas its presence or absence is a fundamental division in the conjugation and declensional paradigms in other MC langauges, the thematic vowel in Antarian is more akin to a suffix and cannot, in principle, be applied to other suffixes.

Nouns

Nouns in Syllabary Antarian decline for three numbers and nine cases, though not all permutations of number and case are morphologically distinct. Nouns are either animate or inanimate in gender, where animate nouns are generally cognate with masculine and feminine nouns in other MC languages, while inanimate nouns correspond to neuter nouns therein. The following sketches the basic semantics of each of the cases:

• Nominative case is used for the animate subject of verbs, e.g. the cat drinks water.
• Absolutive case is used for the inanimate subject of intransitive verbs and inanimate object of transitive verbs, e.g. the water drips, or the cat drinks water.
• Accusative case is used for the animate subject of transitive verbs, e.g. the cat eats the dog.
• Vocative case signifies direct address. In animate nouns, the vocative takes the full-grade stem without endings. In inanimate nouns, the vocative case always takes the singular stem and is identical to the absolutive form. In translation to Anglian, the interjection o is typically used to mark vocative use, e.g. o water, you drip.
• Genitive case marks the possessor.
• Dative case marks the indirect object of transitive verbs or beneficiary in intransitive verbs in some clauses, e.g. the man gave tuna to the cat, or the cat speaks.
• Locative case marks locations, e.g. the cat slept in the bed.
• Ablative case provides a variety of extra information or origin, e.g. the cat ate tuna from Anglia.
• Allative case indicates direction towards, e.g. the cat went to Anglia.

Basic endings

The endings of animate nouns are as follows, with hner "man, male person" as example:

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	-s/-Ø	-ʔe	-es
Vocative	-Ø
Accusative	-m		-ms
Locative	-Ø/-i	-ʔāw	-es
Dative	-i/-ey	-mi	-mas
Genitive	-s/-as	-ʔas	-ʔam
Ablative		-mi	-yas
Instrumental	-t	-pi	-pyis
Allative	-a	-a	-as

The endings of inanimate nouns are as follows, with wetar "water" as example:

	Singular	Plural
Absolutive	-Ø	-ah/-a
Vocative	-Ø
Locative	-i
Genitive	-s
Dative	-i
Instrumental	-t
Ablative	-s
Allative	-a

-r stem

There are four types of nouns with a stem in -r. These are traditionally named the "father", "mother", "parent", and "hand" types and are all animate nouns. With the exception of the fourth type, kesar "hand", all r-stem nouns are descended from PMC agentive nouns in *-ter and *-tor, the former especially denoting kinship terms. The first two patterns diverge in the place of their accent: the accent is mobile on "father" and shifts to the ending in the oblique cases, while they are static on the root syllable in "mother". The final pattern for kesar is infrequent but attested in a few common nouns.

1. The pattern of ptér "father":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	ptér piter	ptérʔe piteroe	ptéres piteres
Acc.	ptérm̩ piterom		ptérm̩s piteromos
Loc.	ptéri piteri	ptérʔāw piterooaou	ptérsi pitersi
Dat.	ptréy piterei	ptr̩mā́ pitoromoa	ptr̩más pitoromas
Gen.	ptrás pitras	ptr̩ʔás pitorooas	ptr̩ʔám pitorooam

2. The pattern of mátar "mother":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	mátar matar	mátr̩ʔe matorooe	mátres matres
Acc.	mátr̩m matorom		mátr̩ms matoroms
Loc.	mátr̩i matoroi	mátr̩ʔāw matorooaou	mátr̩si matorosi
Dat.	mátr̩i matoroi	mátr̩mā matoromoa	mátr̩mas matoromas
Gen.	mátr̩s matoros	mátr̩ʔas matorooas	mátr̩ʔam matorooam

3. The pattern of kennətār "parent":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	kénnətār kennotoar	kénnəterʔe kennoterooe	kénnəteres kennoteres
Acc.	kénnəterm̩ kennoterom		kénnəterms kennoteroms
Loc.	kennətr̩i kennotri	kénnətr̩ʔāw kennotorooaou	kénnətersi kennotersi
Dat.	kn̩nətrei kononotrei	kn̩nətr̩mā kononotoromoa	kn̩nətr̩más kononotoromas
Gen.	kn̩nətrás kononotras	kn̩nətr̩ʔás kononotorooas	kn̩nətr̩ʔám kononotorooam

4. The pattern of kesar "hand":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	kesā́r kesaor	kserʔe kserooe	kséres kseres
Acc.	ksérm̩ kserom		ksérm̩s kseromos
Loc.	kséri kseri	kserʔāw kserooau	ksérsi ksersi
Dat.	ksréy kisrei	ksr̩mā́ ksoromoa	ksr̩más ksoromas
Gen.	ksrás kisras	ksr̩ʔás ksorooas	ksr̩ʔám ksorooam

-n stem

tkmman, "human, earthling":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	tkm̩mā́n dgomomaon	tkm̩menʔe dgomomenooe	tkm̩menes dgomomenes
Acc.	tkm̩menm̩ dgomomenom		tkm̩menm̩s dgomomenomos
Loc.	tkm̩men dgomomen	tkm̩menʔāw dgomomenooaou	tkm̩mensi dgomomensi
Dat.	tkm̩mnéy dgomomney	tkm̩mnmā́ dgomomonomoa	tkm̩mnmás dgomomonomas
Gen.	tkm̩mnás dgomonas	tkm̩mnʔás dgomomonooas	tkm̩mnʔám dgomomonooam

uksḗn, "ox":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	uksḗn uksean	uksénʔe uksenooe	uksénes uksenes
Acc.	uksénm̩ uksenom		uksénm̩s uksenomos
Loc.	ukséni ukseni	uksénʔāw uksenooaou	uksénsi uksensi
Dat.	uksnéy uksnei	uksnmā́ uksonomao	uksnmás uksonomas
Gen.	uksnás uksnas	uksnʔás uksonooas	uksnʔám uksonooam

-s stem

The suffix is -ses-. In the nominative singular, the suffix ablauts to -sas- < PMC *-sos-, but in direct cases remains -ses-. The animate nominative singular ending *-s is lost after -s of the suffix and causes compensatory lengthening to -sās. The same in oblique stem where the suffix is zero-grade -ss- and in the locative plural, where the -si ending triggers the same phenomenon to give -sēs- in the suffix.

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	héwsās heusas	husesʔe husesooe	huseses huseses
Acc.	husesm̩ husesom		husesm̩s husesomos
Loc.	husesi husesi	husesʔāw husesooau	husēsi husesi
Dat.	hūséy husei	hūsmā́ husmoa	hūsmás husmas
Gen.	hūsás husas	hūsʔás husooas	hūsʔám husooam

-t stem

The suffix is -et-. The root takes full-grade in all forms. The suffix is in o-grade in the direct cases, e-grade in the locative, and zero-grade in the nominative singular and oblique cases. The zero-grade in the nominative is by analogy. hnept "nephew":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	hnept anept	hnepatʔe anepatooe	hnepates anepates
Acc.	hnepatm̩ anepatom		hnepatm̩s anepatomos
Loc.	hnepeti anepeti	hnepetʔāw anepetoau	hnepetsi anepetsi
Dat.	hneptéy aneptei	hneptmā́ aneptmoa	hneptmás aneptmas
Gen.	hneptás aneptas	hneptʔás aneptooas	hneptʔám aneptooam

-l stem

This pattern is represented by the word sal "sea", whence also Anglian "salt". The strong stem of the word is from PMC *sh₂el- > shal-, contra nom. stem *seh₂l- > sal-.

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	sā́l saol	shalʔe saalooe	shales saales
Acc.	shalm̩ saalom		shalm̩s saalomos
Loc.	shali saali	shalʔāw saalooau	shalsi saalsi
Dat.	sley slei	sl̩mā́ solomoa	sl̩más solomas
Gen.	slás slas	sl̩ʔás solooas	sl̩ʔám solooam

-ʔ stem

The stem in -ʔ is rare. It stands in full-grade in the strong cases and in the zero-grade in the nominative singular and elsewhere. Due to phonotactical constraints, *ʔ between consonants triggers the gemination of the preceding consonant and the epenthetic insertion of /ə/; the avoidance of *tt and *ss geminates may trigger further phonetic changes. In the dual, the underlying sequence *ʔʔ appears and is the cause of multiple alternative forms, e.g. **pantʔs > *panttəs > pantstəs "way":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	pantstəs pantstos	pantéʔʔe panteooe	pantéʔes panteooes
Acc.	pantéʔm̩ panteeom		pantéʔm̩s panteeomos
Loc.	pantéʔi panteei	pantéʔʔāw panteooaou	pantéʔsi panteoosi
Dat.	pn̩tʔéy ponotooei	pn̩tstəmā́ ponotstomao	pn̩tʔmás ponotstomas
Gen.	pn̩tʔás ponotooas	pn̩tʔʔás ponotstoooas	pn̩tʔʔám ponotstoooam

-m stem

tekam, "earth":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	tekam tekam	tkemʔe tkemooe	tkemes tkemes
Acc.	tkemm̩ tkemom		tkemm̩s tkemomos
Loc.	tkemi tkemi	tkemʔāw tkemooau	tkemsi tkemsi
Dat.	tkméy dagomei	tkm̩mā́ dgommoa	tkm̩más dgomomas
Gen.	tkmás dagomas	tkm̩ʔás dagomooas	tkm̩ʔám dgomooam

-i/-u stems

The ablauting stem in -ei- has the zero grade in the nominative singular, o-grade in the other strong forms, and e-grade in the locative. Thus, the nominative singular typically has full-grade and stands in the zero-grade elsewhere. wawis "ewe":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	wawis uauis	wayʔe uaiooe	wayes uaies
Acc.	waym uaim		waym̩s uaiomos
Loc.	weyi ueiei	weyʔāw ueiooau	weysi ueisi
Dat.	awiey awiei	awimā́ awimoa	awimás awimas
Gen.	awias awias	awiʔás awiooas	awiʔám awiooam

In contrast, the ablauting stem in -ew- often has zero-grade in the root everywhere and the full-grade forms in the suffix in the direct cases including locative. Thus syews < PMC *dyews, "sky", with *d > s in front of a non-syllabic palatal glide, and the ending in the accusative may be old but also could be restored by analogy:

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	syéws sieus	syéwʔe sieuooe	syéwes sieues
Acc.	syéwm̩ siewom		syéwm̩s sieuomos
Loc.	syéwi siewi	syéwʔāw sieuooau	syéwsi sieusi
Dat.	diwéy diwei	diwmā́ diwmoa	ksr̩más diwmas
Gen.	diwás diwas	diwʔás diwooas	diwʔám diwooam

-ī/-ū stems

The nouns of the type ẉlkis and tenus descend from PMC nouns in *-yeh₂- and *-weh₂- respectively. Due to the inconsistent preservation of laryngeals in Antarian, the *h₂ causes various sound changes to their environments and only appear when directly preceded by *s- or followed by an *-s or other resonant. The suffix has zero-grade in the nominative singular and the oblique cases but full-grade in the direct and locative cases. There are alternative, zero-grade forms in the accusative. ẉlkis "wolfess":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	wl̩his kesaor	wl̩hiʔe kserooe	wl̩hias kseres
Acc.	wl̩kyam kserom		wl̩kyahm̩s kseromos
Loc.	wl̩kyai kseri	wl̩kyaʔāw kserooau	wl̩kyahsi ksersi
Dat.	wl̩kiay kisrei	wl̩kimā́ ksoromoa	wl̩kimás ksoromas
Gen.	wl̩kias kisras	wl̩kiʔás ksorooas	wl̩kiʔám ksorooam

The stem from PMC *weh₂- is typified here by the noun tenus "body". The inflectional pattern of this noun is underlyingly identical to the one from *-yeh₂-, but *-nw- is assimilated to -nn-.

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	ténus kesaor	ténuʔe kserooe	ténnaes kseres
Acc.	ténnam kserom		ténnahm̩s kseromos
Loc.	tennai kseri	ténnaʔāw kserooau	ténnahsi ksersi
Dat.	tenuhay kisrei	tenumā́ ksoromoa	tenumás ksoromas
Gen.	tenuhas kisras	tenuʔás ksorooas	tenuʔám ksorooam

-wʔ stem

The noun pl̩lətstus < PMC *pléh₁dʰh₁-uh₁-s "people, crowd, multitude" exhibits stem-ablaut similar to the type above but from PMC *-weh₁-.

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	pl̩lətstús pololotstus	pl̩lətstweʔe pololotstwee	pl̩lətstweʔes pololotstwees
Acc.	pl̩lətstweʔm̩ pololotstweoom		pl̩lətstweʔm̩s pololotstweoomos
Loc.	pl̩lətstweʔi pololotstweooi	pl̩lətstweʔāw kserooau	pl̩lətstweʔsi pololotstweoosi
Dat.	pl̩lətstiwéy pololotstiwei	pl̩lətstimmā́ pololotstimmoa	pl̩lətstiwmás pololotstimmas
Gen.	pl̩lətstiwás pololotstiwas	pl̩lətstiwʔás pololotstiwooas	pl̩lətstiwʔám pololotstiwooam

-is/-us stems

The stems traditionally named mentis and suʔnus are distinct from the foregoing types by their oblique forms, where the accent falls on the suffix syllable and not on the ending; correspondingly, the endings always stand in zero-grade. The root syllable has accent in the direct cases but ablauts to zero-grade where the accent shifts away from it. mentis "thought":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	méntis mentis	ménteyʔe menteiooe	ménteyes menteies
Acc.	méntim mentim		méntim̩s mentims
Loc.	ménti menti	ménteyʔāw menteyooau	ménteysi menteisi
Dat.	mn̩teyi monoteiei	mn̩teymā́ monoteima	mn̩teymás monoteimas
Gen.	mn̩teys monoteis	mn̩teyʔás monoteiooas	mn̩teyʔám monoteiooam

The noun suʔnus "son" exhibits largely the same pattern:

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	suʔnus suoonus	suʔnewʔe suooneuooe	kséres suooneues
Acc.	suʔnum suoonom		suʔnewm̩s suoonewomos
Loc.	suʔnew suooneu	suʔnewʔāw suooneuooau	suʔnewsi suooneusi
Dat.	suʔnewi suooneui	suʔnewmā́ suooneuma	suʔnewmás suooneumas
Gen.	suʔnews suooneus	suʔnewʔás suooneuooas	suʔnewʔám suooneuooam

-ih

There exists a separate class of nouns in -i < PMC *-yeh₂ whose endings are perpetually in the zero-grade, e.g. kennətri "mother, genetrix":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	kénnətri kennotri	kn̩nətr̩yaʔe kononotoroiaooe	kn̩nətr̩yaes kononotoroiaes
Acc.	kn̩nətr̩yam kononotoroiam		kn̩nətr̩yams kononotoroiams
Loc.	kn̩nətr̩yah kononotoroiaa	kn̩nətr̩yaʔāw kononotoroiaooau	kn̩nətr̩yahsi kononotoroiaasi
Dat.	kn̩nətr̩yay kononotoroiai	kn̩nətr̩yamā́ kononotoroiama	kn̩nətr̩yamás kononotoroiamas
Gen.	kn̩nətr̩yahs kononotoroiaas	kn̩nətr̩yaʔás kononotoroyaooas	kn̩nətr̩yaʔám kononotoroiaooam

-nt stem

The stems in -nt are the most notable as participles of present stems. One class takes the e-grade in the direct cases and o-grade in the nominative singular, while another class takes the o-grade throughout the direct cases, other than the locative. tants "tooth":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	tants tants	tantʔe tantooe	tantes tantes
Acc.	tentm̩ tentom		tentm̩s tantomos
Loc.	tenti tenti	tentʔāw tentooau	tentsi tentsi
Dat.	tn̩tey tonotei	tn̩tmā́ tonotmoa	tn̩tmás tonotmas
Gen.	tn̩tas tonotas	tn̩tʔás tonotooas	tn̩tʔám tonotooam

ʔsants "being":

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	ʔsants ssants	ʔsantʔe ssantooe	ʔsantes ssantes
Acc.	ʔsantm̩ ssantom		ʔsantm̩s ssantomos
Loc.	ʔsenti ssenti	ʔsentʔāw ssentooau	ʔsentsi ssentsi
Dat.	ʔsn̩tey ssonotei	ʔsn̩tmā́ ssonotmoa	ʔsn̩tmás ssonotmas
Gen.	ʔsn̩tas ssonotas	ʔsn̩tʔás ssonotooas	ʔsn̩tʔám ssonotooam

-wā́s stem

The stem in -was < PMC *-wos forms the participle from the perfect stem. Both the root and suffix participate in ablaut: the root is in full-grade in the nominative singular and zero-grade elsewhere, while the suffix stands in full-grade in all direct cases including nominative singular, and zero-grade elsewhere. weyswas "the one who knows", n.b. *d > s in front of *y and *w when not vocalized:

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	weyswā́s weisuas	wiswasʔe wisuasooe	wiswases wisuases
Acc.	wiswasm̩ wisuasom		wiswasm̩s wisuasomos
Loc.	wiswas wisuas	wiswasʔāw wisuasooau	wiswassi wisuassi
Dat.	widusey widusei	widusmā́ widusmoa	widusmás widusmas
Gen.	widusas widusas	widusʔás widusooas	widusʔám widusooam

-h stem

The stem in -h is known from only one noun, kenh "woman". The root and suffix participate in gradation.

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	kenh kenaa	knaʔe gnaooe	knaes gnaes
Acc.	knam gnam		knams gnams
Loc.	kna gna	knaʔāw gnaooau	knahsi gnaasi
Dat.	knay gnai	knamā́ gnama	knamás gnamas
Gen.	knahs gnaas	knaʔás gnaas	knaʔám gnaam

-r/n stem

These nouns have stems which show not vocalic gradation but different consonant between direct and oblique cases. The most common pattern is -r- in the direct, and -n- in the oblique. All nouns in this class are inanimate. wetr̩ "water":

	Sing.	Pl.
Abs.	wetr̩ kesaor	wetara kseres
Gen.	utens kisras	utnes ksorooam

-l/n stem

sawl̩

	Sing.	Du.	Pl.
Nom.	kesā́r kesaor	kserʔe kserooe	kséres kseres
Acc.	ksérm̩ kserom		ksérm̩s kseromos
Loc.	kséri kseri	kserʔāw kserooau	ksérsi ksersi
Dat.	ksréy kisrei	ksr̩mā́ ksoromoa	ksr̩más ksoromas
Gen.	ksrás kisras	ksr̩ʔás ksorooas	ksr̩ʔám ksorooam

Verbs

Verbs in Antarian are conjugated for three persons, three numbers, two voices, and four moods, agreeing with the subject of the sentence in person and number.

Unlike most other MC languages, Antarian does not morphologically distinguish tense, with primary endings (associated with the present tense in most languages) conspicuously absent. There are two kinds of roots, present and perfect, which take different endings directly; present roots tend to have transitive meanings, while prefect roots intransitive meanings, but this is by no means universal. Present roots may take personal endings directly or with affixes in derivation, while the perfect roots in general may only take perfect endings. New verbs are always created as presents and never as perfects.

Present roots and perfect roots differ notably by their accentuation patterns. Present roots display mobile accent, which is on the root or suffix syllables in the strong or singular forms and on the endings in the weak or dual and plural forms. Perfect roots display static accent, persisting on the root syllable. It should be noted that the accentuation pattern is a property of the root itself and not of the conjugation: a perfect stem derived from a present root will retain the accentuation pattern derived from the present.

Present

In the active voice of present verbs, there are two sets of endings called primary and secondary. The primary endings follow, with ’et- "to eat" as example:

	Sing.		Du.		Pl.
1st	’édmi	-mi	dwési	-wési	dmési	-mési
2nd	’éši	-s	štəwés	-twés	’éšte	-té
3rd	’édšti	-t	štés	-tés	ténti	-ént

The secondary endings are as follows:

	Sing.		Du.		Pl.
1st	’édəm	-m	dwé	-wé	dmé	-mé
2nd	’ḗts	-s	štúm	-túm	šté	-té
3rd	’ḗtt	-t	štám	-tám	tént	-ént

Present verbs may also take, from the root, the so-called "middle" endings, which are in early Antarian transparent as a synthesis of active and perfect endings:

	Sing.		Du.		Pl.
1st	’édəmə < *’ét-m̩-h	-m-h	dwétə	-wé-th	dmétə	-mé-th
2nd	’étstə* < *’ét-s-th	-s-th	štəmt.hé	-təm-thé < *tm̩-dʰh₂é	’etstawé < *’et-s-tawé štăwé < *’t-s-tawé	-t-təwé < *t-dʰh₂wé
3rd	’étsta	-t-a	štamt.hé	-tam-thé < *th₂m-dʰh₂é	téntər	-nt-r

Optative

The optative endings are as follows:

	Sing.		Du.		Pl.
1st	’étie’əm	-ie’-əm	ti’wé	-i’-wé	ti’mé	-i’-mé
2nd	’ḗtiets	-ie-ts < *-ie’-s	tittúm	-it-túm	titté	-it-té
3rd	’ḗtiet	-ie-t	tittám	-it-tám	ti’ént	-i’-ént

Perfect

The endings of perfect verbs are as follows, with kei- "to lie down (oneself)" as example:

	Sing.		Du.		Pl.
1st	kéih	-h/-ă	kéiwa	-wa	kéitha	-ta
2nd	kéita	-ta	kéita	-ta	kéitawe	-tawe
3rd	kéia	-é	kéita	-ta	kéir	-r

See also

• Antari