Tsimulh languages

The Tsimulh-Naquic languages are a Trician language family mainly spoken in Txapoalli and Etalocin. The proto-language is Proto-Tsimulh-Naquic. Relations to other language families are unknown, though a few propose a Naquo-Quihum family.

Phylogeny

Proto-Tsimulh-Naquic	Naquian Middle Naquian (Grimmnaquic) Tizian Ejective-y language Adutsib Hetomic Tuna Saanich

Urheimat

Somewhere in Txapoalli

Phonology

Salish gib

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Uvular		Glottal
			central	lateral		plain	labialized	plain	labialized
Nasal	plain	m	n
	glottalized	mˀ	nˀ
Stop	plain	p	t			k	kʷ	q	qʷ	ʔ
	ejective	pʼ	tʼ			kʼ	kʷʼ	qʼ	qʷʼ
Affricate	plain		ts	tɬ	tʃ?
	ejective		tsʼ	tɬʼ	tʃʼ?
Fricative			s	ɬ	ʃ?	x	xʷ	χ	χʷ	h
Approximant	plain			l	j		w
	glottalized			lˀ	jˀ		wˀ

Vowels

i u ə a /i u ə a/

Morphology

10 noun classes

Nouns

Noun classes:

1. ʔu-
2. ʔəł-
3. s-
4. xv-
5. iʔ-
6. wi-
7. tx-
8. an-
9. kw-
10. n-
11. k-