Adzamasi: Difference between revisions

From Linguifex
Jump to navigation Jump to search
(Created page with " <!-- This is a short reminder of the language format policy. I. Write a short piece stating your intents and purposes when creating the language (Design goal, inspiration...")
 
(Adding infobox)
 
(3 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
 
{{Infobox language
 
| name              = Adzamasi
<!--
| creator          = User:Irrhythmic
 
| setting          = Mygith
This is a short reminder of the language format policy.
| ethnicity        = Adzamasiin
 
| familycolor      = conlang
I. Write a short piece stating your intents and purposes when creating the language (Design goal, inspiration, ideas, and so on).
| dia1              = Tabiqa
II. Write a short introduction to your language. (Who speaks it? When was it created? By whom? or what? are some example questions that can be answered here)
| dia2              = Adzamian
III. Once done, try making sure everything is properly spelt so as to avoid unnecessary reader fatigue.
| dia3              = Kilimbadi
 
| script1          = Latn
-->
}}


==Background==
==Background==


The Adzamasi language is a fantasy lang created for the Adzamasiin, a nomadic desert people of the world of Mygith (a med-fantasy project). It took some original inspiration from Turkish phonology, but grammatically it much more closely resembles Athabaskan and Inuit languages. Adzamasi is highly agglutinative, polysynthetic, and its word order follows the animacy hierarchy.  
The Adzamasi language is a fantasy lang created for the Adzamasiin, a nomadic desert people of the world of Mygith (a med-fantasy project). There are three major dialect groups: Tabiqa (most populous, 'standard') ; Adzamian (highest amount of borrowings) ; and Kilimbadi (the most otherwise divergent). Adzamasi took some original inspiration from Turkish phonology, but grammatically it much more closely resembles Athabaskan and Inuit languages. Adzamasi is highly agglutinative, polysynthetic, and its word order follows the animacy hierarchy.  
 
<!-- Example categories/headings:
 
Goals
Setting
Inspiration


-->
<!-- ***Phonology*** -->
<!-- What sounds does your language use? -->
<!-- Here are some example sub-/other categories:
Vowel inventory
Consonant inventory
Syllable structure
Stress
Intonation
-->
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
Line 59: Line 40:
|
|
| d, t  
| d, t  
| c, j
| c, ɟ
| k
| k
| q
| q
Line 67: Line 48:
|  
|  
|
|
| tt
| t`
| cc
| c`
| kk
| k`
| qq
| q`
|  
|  
|-
|-
! style="" |Fricative
! style="" |Fricative
| v
| v
| þ
| θ
| s
| s
| z
| ç
| x
| x
| r
| χ
| h
| h
|-
|-
Line 86: Line 67:
|  
|  
| l
| l
| y
| j
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|  
|}
|}
The Kilimbadi dialect also has /g/, and pronounces the uvular ejective as a glottal stop. The palatal stops are postalveolar affricates in Tabiqa.
Geminates are not permitted. ''il-dac-catt'' -> /ildacatt/, */ildaccatt/ "in the lake"
Fricatives are voiced intervocalically, or in clusters with a voiced sound or another fricative. ''tuusa'', [tu:za] "long"


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Line 100: Line 89:
|-
|-
! style="" |Close
! style="" |Close
| i, ii
| ɪ, i:
| ü, üü
| ʏ, y:
| u, uu
| ʊ, u:
|-
|-
! style="" |Mid
! style="" |Mid
| e, ee
| ɛ, e:
| ö, öö
| ɶ, œ:
| o, oo
| ʌ, o:
|-
|-
! style="" |Open
! style="" |Open
|  
|  
| a
| ɐ
| aa
| ɑ:
|}
|}
The phonemic diphthongs are ei [ej], ao [æo], ae [æe], and ea [eɐ].
===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
Onset clusters are not permitted, while complex codas are. Syllables must be of three morae or less - therefore long vowels may not be followed by a clusters.  
Onset clusters are not permitted, while complex codas are. Syllables must be of three morae or less - therefore long vowels may not be followed by a clusters.  


===Orthography===
===Orthography===
<!--Explain your conlang's alphabet. Use the International Phonetic Alphabet to describe the sounds of your language. If you are unsure on how to use IPA then visit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Phonetic_Alphabet and read up. -->
The romanized alphabet is fairly simply and based largely on the IPA. Ejectives are written with doubled plosive counterparts (e.g. [k`] = <kk>), the fricatives [θ ç χ] as "þ z r", [j] as "y" and [ɟ] as "j". The vowels are written single or doubled for long/short (/ tense/lax) as "i ü u e ö o a".  




==Grammar==
==Grammar==
==Pronouns==
Pronouns in Adzamasi are declined into four persons (the fourth being obviative). The second and third persons feature gender (non-grammatical - the four genders of Adzamasiin society), and the third and fourth person also animacy. All pronouns have honorific forms, and the first person plural comes in inclusive and exclusive. None are declined for case, although there are reflexive and possessive forms.
==Morphology==
==Morphology==
<!-- How do the words in your language look? How do you derive words from others? Do you have cases? Are verbs inflected? Do nouns differ from adjectives? Do adjectives differ from verbs? Etc. -->
As a polysynthetic agglutinative language, Adzamasi features a robust morphological component.
 
===Nominal morphology===
Nouns in Adzamasi are defined for definiteness, number, and animacy. When quantified they must also take classifiers.
 
====Articles====
There are three articles, which are better described as definiteness prefixes.
 
The indefinite is unmarked, while the definite takes ''il-'', the partitive ''o-'', possessed ''þar-'', and none article ''qa-''.
 
====Number and animcy====
Both number and animacy are coded in a fused suffix. There are two number categories (singuler and plural) and seven animacy classes: inanimates, tools, fluids, plants, animals, deities and sacred things, and people.  


<!-- Here are some example subcategories:
The suffixes are:


Nouns
{| class="wikitable"
Adjectives
|-
Verbs
! Animacy !! Singular !! Plural
Adverbs
|-
Particles
| Inanimate || -(y)ik || -(i)xi
Derivational morphology
|-
| Tool || -(y)it || -(i)þ
|-
| Fluid || -(a)o || -(i)qo
|-
| Plant || -(a)t || -aþa
|-
| Animal || -sat || -su
|-
| Sacred || -(o)n || -vah
|-
| People || -(y)et || -(y)on
|}


-->
Old morphological forms for the ''person'' category are still seen in some irregular forms, such as ''bakrar / bakraan'' 'man / men.' There is also a defunct ''location'' class which is seen in some words such as ''nariq / narenüq'' 'horse(s)."


==Syntax==
==Syntax==
Line 140: Line 157:
<!-- Example: Word order, qualifiers, determinatives, branching, etc. -->
<!-- Example: Word order, qualifiers, determinatives, branching, etc. -->


[[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Languages]]

Latest revision as of 12:20, 15 July 2021

Adzamasi
Created byIrrhythmic
SettingMygith
EthnicityAdzamasiin
Dialects
  • Tabiqa
  • Adzamian
  • Kilimbadi

Background

The Adzamasi language is a fantasy lang created for the Adzamasiin, a nomadic desert people of the world of Mygith (a med-fantasy project). There are three major dialect groups: Tabiqa (most populous, 'standard') ; Adzamian (highest amount of borrowings) ; and Kilimbadi (the most otherwise divergent). Adzamasi took some original inspiration from Turkish phonology, but grammatically it much more closely resembles Athabaskan and Inuit languages. Adzamasi is highly agglutinative, polysynthetic, and its word order follows the animacy hierarchy.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m n
Plosive b d, t c, ɟ k q
Ejective t` c` k` q`
Fricative v θ s ç x χ h
Approximant w l j

The Kilimbadi dialect also has /g/, and pronounces the uvular ejective as a glottal stop. The palatal stops are postalveolar affricates in Tabiqa.

Geminates are not permitted. il-dac-catt -> /ildacatt/, */ildaccatt/ "in the lake"

Fricatives are voiced intervocalically, or in clusters with a voiced sound or another fricative. tuusa, [tu:za] "long"


Vowels

Front Central Back
Close ɪ, i: ʏ, y: ʊ, u:
Mid ɛ, e: ɶ, œ: ʌ, o:
Open ɐ ɑ:

The phonemic diphthongs are ei [ej], ao [æo], ae [æe], and ea [eɐ].

Phonotactics

Onset clusters are not permitted, while complex codas are. Syllables must be of three morae or less - therefore long vowels may not be followed by a clusters.

Orthography

The romanized alphabet is fairly simply and based largely on the IPA. Ejectives are written with doubled plosive counterparts (e.g. [k`] = <kk>), the fricatives [θ ç χ] as "þ z r", [j] as "y" and [ɟ] as "j". The vowels are written single or doubled for long/short (/ tense/lax) as "i ü u e ö o a".


Grammar

Pronouns

Pronouns in Adzamasi are declined into four persons (the fourth being obviative). The second and third persons feature gender (non-grammatical - the four genders of Adzamasiin society), and the third and fourth person also animacy. All pronouns have honorific forms, and the first person plural comes in inclusive and exclusive. None are declined for case, although there are reflexive and possessive forms.

Morphology

As a polysynthetic agglutinative language, Adzamasi features a robust morphological component.

Nominal morphology

Nouns in Adzamasi are defined for definiteness, number, and animacy. When quantified they must also take classifiers.

Articles

There are three articles, which are better described as definiteness prefixes.

The indefinite is unmarked, while the definite takes il-, the partitive o-, possessed þar-, and none article qa-.

Number and animcy

Both number and animacy are coded in a fused suffix. There are two number categories (singuler and plural) and seven animacy classes: inanimates, tools, fluids, plants, animals, deities and sacred things, and people.

The suffixes are:

Animacy Singular Plural
Inanimate -(y)ik -(i)xi
Tool -(y)it -(i)þ
Fluid -(a)o -(i)qo
Plant -(a)t -aþa
Animal -sat -su
Sacred -(o)n -vah
People -(y)et -(y)on

Old morphological forms for the person category are still seen in some irregular forms, such as bakrar / bakraan 'man / men.' There is also a defunct location class which is seen in some words such as nariq / narenüq 'horse(s)."

Syntax

Retrieved from "https://linguifex.com/w/index.php?title=Adzamasi&oldid=231037"