Hetomic

Hetomic is a Tsimulh language, serving as the lingua franca of the Hetom Empire in Txapoalli.

Inspirations: Polish, Tibetan, Salish languages. 'liquidless Polish'

Phonology

Orthography

pʰ p b tʰ t d tsʰ ts dz = ⟨p p’ b t t’ d ts ts’ dz⟩

tɕʰ tɕ dʑ tʂʰ tʂ dʐ kʰ k g = ⟨tx tx’ dj tsh tsh’ dzh k k’ g⟩

f v s z ɕ ʑ ʂ ʐ x ɣ h = ⟨f v s z x j sh zh ch gh ħ⟩

m n ɳ ŋ w j = ⟨m n nh ng w y⟩

i ɪ ɛ æ ʏ ø ə u ʊ o ɔ ɑ = ⟨î i e ä ü ö ə û u ô o a⟩

Consonants

Consonant phonemes in Hetomic

		Labial	Dental	Retroflex	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m	n	ɳ	ɲ	ŋ
Plosive	tenuis	p	t			k
	aspirated	pʰ	tʰ			kʰ
	voiced	b	d			g
Fricative	voiceless	f	s	ʂ	ɕ	x	h
	voiced	v	z	ʐ	ʑ	ɣ
Affricate	tenuis		ts	tʂ	tɕ
	aspirated		tsʰ	tʂʰ	tɕʰ
	voiced		dz	dʐ	dʑ
Approximant					j	w

Vowels

	Front		Central	Back
	unrounded	rounded
Close	i			u
Near-close	ɪ	ʏ	ɨ	ʊ
Mid		ø	ə	o
Open-mid	ɛ			ɔ
Open	æ			ɑ
Diphthongs	ɛj əj øj ɛw əw øw

Morphology

Verbs aspects

• Aspects: perfective, progressive, inchoative, gnomic, momentane, frequentative
• Voices: passive, causative, reflexive

Syntax

• Almost completely head-initial
• No wh-movement
• Verbs used as case markers