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'''Asvasiran''' (Clofabosin: ''asvasiraserotin'', Asvasiran: ''asvasirâl seroçn'') is a closely related language to Clofabosin. It is somewhat mutually intelligible with Standard Clofabosin. It's a minority language of the city of Asvasiran in Nifedipin.
'''Asvasiran''' (Clofabosin: ''asvasiraserotin'' or ''asvasirasin'', Asvasirasin: ''asvasiraal seroçn'') is a closely related language to Clofabosin. It is somewhat mutually intelligible with Standard Clofabosin. It's a minority language of the city of Asvasiran in Nifedipin.


==Sound changes==
==Sound changes==
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f -> h, and v disappears.
f -> h, and v disappears.


Asvasiran has diachronic vowel harmony manifesting in words like ''spwesîr'' "to feed", borrowed into Clofabosin as ''spesivir''.
Asvasiran has diachronic vowel harmony manifesting in words like ''spwesiir'' "to feed", borrowed into Clofabosin as ''spesivir''.


==Grammar==
==Grammar==
Asvasiran does not have the timeless/aorist tense, using the future tense ''-cciet'' instead: ''Asvasirase nibimo huçicciet'' "Asvasiran is easy to learn".
Asvasiran does not have the timeless/aorist tense, using the future tense ''-cciet'' instead: ''Asvasirase nibuimo huçicciet'' "Asvasiran is easy to learn".
 
"what, which" is gil- (Middle Clofabosin gili-, Standard Clofabosin gli-)

Latest revision as of 01:55, 7 May 2022

Asvasiran (Clofabosin: asvasiraserotin or asvasirasin, Asvasirasin: asvasiraal seroçn) is a closely related language to Clofabosin. It is somewhat mutually intelligible with Standard Clofabosin. It's a minority language of the city of Asvasiran in Nifedipin.

Sound changes

The gemination distinction in Middle Clofabosin turns into spirantization rather than vowel length: savaer "he writes" vs nibuir "he learns".

f -> h, and v disappears.

Asvasiran has diachronic vowel harmony manifesting in words like spwesiir "to feed", borrowed into Clofabosin as spesivir.

Grammar

Asvasiran does not have the timeless/aorist tense, using the future tense -cciet instead: Asvasirase nibuimo huçicciet "Asvasiran is easy to learn".

"what, which" is gil- (Middle Clofabosin gili-, Standard Clofabosin gli-)