Ksieħ

Ksieħ (sa loxxed Ksieħ) is a Lakovic language, spoken in Clofabolocin.

Inspiration: Latin, Khasi, Khmer and Maltese

Todo

Initial td- for the name Tdap

ħ = /h/, h = /ʔ/

Vowels: <a e i o u y w à è ì ò ù ỳ ẁ ie ḁ> /a ɛ i o u ɨ ə æo ɛɨ io ɔɨ y əe aə e ɔ/

Consonants: <p t k b d g m n ŋ f s ṡ x v z ż h ħ l r> /p t k b d g m n ŋ f s θ x v z ð ʔ h l r/

HGCS-like sound changes (Proto-Tergetic *p b φ -> f p b), and umlaut

Phonology

Phonotactics

Most words in Ksieħ are monosyllabic. Polysyllables in Ksieħ are almost always contractions or loanwords.

Morphology

There are four genders in Ksieħ: animate masculine, animate feminine, inanimate, and honorific (which can be used for both animate and inanimate nouns).

Nouns

The definite article is as follows:

• masculine: yn
• feminine: yħ
• inanimate: sa
• honorific: se

Adjectives have two forms, a default and an honorific.

Verbs

Tense is generally unmarked in Ksieħ, though the past tense marker de may be inserted at the beginning of a sentence to disambiguate.

Numerals

1: ḁn
2: ras
3: stẁ
4: psàħ
5: mẁħ
6: daħ
7: ksàs
8: lkyr
9: tastẁ
10: tapsàħ
11: tammẁħ
12: srwħ

Morphosyntax

Ksieħ is analytic and consistently head-initial, like Vietnamese.

Noun phrase

Adjectives, numbers, relative clauses and determiners come after nouns, but articles come before nouns.