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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''raivaxanuuṭu'') is a language isolate originally spoken by the {{PAGENAME}} people in [[Verse:Tricin|Tricin]].
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''nủtufỉxi'', from ''nủtu'' 'Pategian' + ''fỉxi'' 'language') is a [[Pategic languages|Pategic]] language spoken by the [[Verse:Tricin/Pategia|Pategian]] people in [[Verse:Tricin|Tricin]].


p b t d ṭ ḍ k g q
It is inspired by Welsh, Hungarian, and classical IE languages (Latin, Greek and Avestan). Pategian is also analogous to Hungarian from a diachronic perspective: roots that are disyllabic in other Pategic languages are often monosyllabic in Pategian.
f v s z ṣ ẓ x gh h
 
m n ṇ l ḷ r y w
==Dialects==
Pategian has 4 main dialects:
*Tảmhẻxra
*Fathrẩc
*Kẻlet
*Ảnfihẻzi


a aa i ii u uu ai au ia ua
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===
p t ts tc k b d dz dq g ph th s c kh h f x z q m n l r lh rh j


Welshy with ejectives
/p t ts tʃ k b d dz dʒ g f θ s ʃ x h v ð z ʒ m n l r ɬ rʰ j/


noninitial t, k -> t’, k’
===Vowels===
a â e i o u y ả ẩ ẻ ỉ ỏ ủ ỷ
/a ɑ e i o u ɨ a: ɑ: e: i: o: u: ɨ:/


initial and lenited t, k -> tʰ, kʰ
===Pitch accent===


noninitial b, d, g -> ʔ, t’, k’
Old Pategian had a pitch accent in long vowels which could be rising (written ả) or falling (written ạ). The distinction is neutralized in Modern Pategian.


initial and lenited b, d, g -> p, t, k
===Phonotactics===
 
No initial clusters, geminates allowed
initial st, sc -> t’, k’
 
slender t/tʰ/t’ -> ts/tsʰ/ts’
 
slender k/kʰ/k’ -> c/cʰ/c’
 
3/H > glottal stop/x?
 
lenited s -> sʰ~z
 
0urú'ed consonants merge with séimhiú'ed consonants
 
l -> r
 
initial sn -> n, while initial n -> m
 
nn -> θ, mh -> f
 
===Vowels===
a aa i ii u uu


===Phonotactics===
Stress follows the Dreimorengesetz.


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
===Nouns===
{{PAGENAME}}, like [[Skellan]], doesn't have grammatical gender or mutations. Plurals may be irregular as in Welsh.
Example noun: ''miar'' (tree), plural ''mair''
Possessed forms:
''ma·miar, i·miar, kʰe·miar, ci·miar, se·miar, ha·miar''
===Verbs===
Verbs in {{PAGENAME}} are preceded by subject and object clitics if they're pronominal.
''mi·tʰɨs'' "I pray"
''mi·kʰ·tseirip'' "I tolerate him/her"
===Syntax===


{{PAGENAME}} is VSO.
==Poetry==


''tseirip ə kʰar re ʔik’al'' "The person tolerates the weather"
Most ancient Pategian poetry was written in flexible quantitative meters reminiscent of Vedic Sanskrit, but a few authors have experimented with the stricter quantitative meters used in [[Sowaár]] poetry. Stress-accentual meters and rhyming unmetric verse, influenced by [[Windermere]] poetry, are also common.


[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Pseudo-Uralic]][[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Pategic languages]]

Latest revision as of 01:35, 28 March 2024

Pategian (nủtufỉxi, from nủtu 'Pategian' + fỉxi 'language') is a Pategic language spoken by the Pategian people in Tricin.

It is inspired by Welsh, Hungarian, and classical IE languages (Latin, Greek and Avestan). Pategian is also analogous to Hungarian from a diachronic perspective: roots that are disyllabic in other Pategic languages are often monosyllabic in Pategian.

Dialects

Pategian has 4 main dialects:

  • Tảmhẻxra
  • Fathrẩc
  • Kẻlet
  • Ảnfihẻzi

Phonology

Consonants

p t ts tc k b d dz dq g ph th s c kh h f x z q m n l r lh rh j

/p t ts tʃ k b d dz dʒ g f θ s ʃ x h v ð z ʒ m n l r ɬ rʰ j/

Vowels

a â e i o u y ả ẩ ẻ ỉ ỏ ủ ỷ /a ɑ e i o u ɨ a: ɑ: e: i: o: u: ɨ:/

Pitch accent

Old Pategian had a pitch accent in long vowels which could be rising (written ả) or falling (written ạ). The distinction is neutralized in Modern Pategian.

Phonotactics

No initial clusters, geminates allowed

Stress follows the Dreimorengesetz.

Morphology

Poetry

Most ancient Pategian poetry was written in flexible quantitative meters reminiscent of Vedic Sanskrit, but a few authors have experimented with the stricter quantitative meters used in Sowaár poetry. Stress-accentual meters and rhyming unmetric verse, influenced by Windermere poetry, are also common.