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  1. Bithynian Language

    Linked via "Bithynian sacred goats"

    Verbal conjugation was characterized by prefixing rather than suffixing. Tense was expressed not through inflection but through the addition of obligatory auxiliary verbs that indicated the speaker's perceived sincerity regarding the action described. For instance, the morpheme zē- indicated an event believed to have occurred during the speaker’s waking hours, whereas zō- indicated…