Far East Semitic/Tonal Semitic: Difference between revisions

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A tonal language with two tones (from the register split) and lots of preinitials

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-'''Zagvneti''' (''Zagṿneti'' /zagvneti/) is a country in Talma, where [[Tserovesh]] is spoken. Its capital is Asaragi.
+A tonal language with two tones (from the register split) and lots of preinitials
-The president of Zagvneti is Vran Rumidzashvli.
-==Geography==
-Temperate marine climate?
-==Languages==
-About 70% of Zagvnetians speak Tserovesh as a native language. Common second languages include (some minority languages?) and Häskä.
-==History and culture==
-===Literary movements===
-Zagvnetia is home to the literary tradition of realism (''atsegeban'').
-* Poetry declines in popularity?
-* Science fiction written in the style of science papers can be a common modern literary form (as in "The Endochronic Properties of Resublimated Thiotimoline" by Isaac Asimov)
-==Music==
-Generally isolated from Skellan, Anbirese and Windermere influence, hence less "elitist"?
-Some ideas can be drawn from Chinese and Greek music
-===Tunings===
-Tserovesh music distinguishes three types of tetrachord (''ivtadz''): diatonic (''metsvikheba''), chromatic (''mesaroleba''), and enharmonic (''mechkhlveba'').
-===Styles===
-There is very little overlap between vocal and instrumental styles. Songs are typically based on the contours of speech but quantized to a particular scale.
-For Tserovesh instrumental music: some instruments that are weird by Western and/or Chinese standards?