Swyr: Difference between revisions

From Linguifex
Jump to navigation Jump to search
Line 36: Line 36:
|-
|-
!colspan="2"| Approximant
!colspan="2"| Approximant
|  || || '''r''' /r/ || '''l''' /l/ || '''y''' /j/ || '''w''' /w/ ||  
|  || || '''r''' /r/ || || '''y''' /j/ || '''w''' /w/ ||  
|}
|}



Revision as of 00:33, 25 December 2017

Humpback Whelsh/Lexicon
Humpback Whelsh/Swadesh list

Humpback Whelsh is a Naquic language spoken in Talma. It is distantly related to modern Adutsib languages such as Sfətsiv.

It's inspired by Welsh.

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Alveolar Lateral Palatal Velar Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/
Stop unaspirated pp /p/ tt /t/ tts /ts/ ttσ /tɬ/ ttj /tʃ/ cc /k/
aspirated p /pʰ/ t /tʰ/ ts /tsʰ/ /tɬʰ/ tj /tʃʰ/ c /kʰ/
voiced b /b/ d /d/ dz /dz/ /dɮ/ dj /dʒ/ g /g/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ th /θ/ s /s/ σ /ɬ/ sj /ʃ/ ch /x/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ dh /ð/ z /z/ λ /ɮ/ gh /ɣ/
Approximant r /r/ y /j/ w /w/

Vowels

in stressed syllables:

a ā e ē i ī o ó > æ a ə e ı i o u = ä a ə e ı i o u

Morphology

Nouns

The definite article is y before consonants and yn before vowels.

Possessive pronouns: ry vib, w vib, a vib, gy vib, zy vib, a mib = my house, your house, ...