Old Nurian

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Old Nurian is a descendent of Primitive ǃZoom, inspired by Old Irish.


Introduction

Phonology

Old !Zoom has a large phoneme inventory:

Vowels:
a ɛ e i o u y a: ɛ: eɪ i: ɔ: oʊ u: øʏ y:

Non-clicks:
Labials: p pʰ b bʰ m mʰ p ph b bh m mh
Dentals: t tʰ d dʰ n nʰ l lʰ t th d dh n nh l lh
Velars: k kʰ g gʰ ŋ ŋʰ k kh g gh ŋ ŋh
Labiovelars: kʷ kʷʰ gʷ gʷʰ ŋʷ ŋʷʰ kw kwh gw gwh ŋw ŋwh
Dental affricates: ts tsʰ dz dzʰ ts tsh dz dzh
Lateral affricates: tɬ tɬʰ dɮ dɮʰ tł tłh dλ dλh
Palatal affricates: tʃ tʃʰ dʒ dʒʰ c ch j jh
Other consonants: f s ɬ ʃ h f s ł ś h

Clicks:
ʘ ʘʰ gʘ gʘʰ ŋʘ ŋʘʰ pk pkh bg bgh bŋ bŋh
! !ʰ g! g!ʰ n! n!ʰ tk tkh dg dgh dŋ dŋh
| |ʰ g| g|ʰ n| n|ʰ tsk tskh dzg dzgh dzŋ dzŋh
ǁ ǁʰ gǁ gǁʰ nǁ nǁʰ tłk tłkh dλg dλgh dλŋ dλŋh
ǂ ǂʰ gǂ gǂʰ nǂ nǂʰ ck ckh jg jgh jŋ jŋh
+ labialized counterparts of the above clicks

Morphology

Syntax

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources