User:Praimhín/Condialects

Todo

tuipa = city

Faäni = a name

How get ejectives??? i'll have to get'em from vowels: vowels > pharyngealization > ejectives

Classification

Tzaloxian is the proto-language of the Tzaloxic language family. Most Trician scholars believe it's a language isolate, though there are pseudolinguistic theories connecting it to languages of Bjeheond.

The ancient language is popular among college students and professors in the Talmosphere, many of whom pronounce it with a thick Eevo accent.

Phonology

Consonants

Proto-Tzaloxic had a simple consonant inventory with only 12 consonants:

• the stops p t z c h, pronounced /p t ts k ʔ/
• the nasals m n ŋ, pronounced as in IPA
• the fricatives f s x, pronounced /f s x~ħ~h/
• the liquid l, which is /ɾ/ when single and /l:/ when geminated

The sounds written f, s and z, when before i, are commonly pronounced /ç/, /ʃ/ and /tʃ/ respectively.

Vowels

Proto-Tzaloxic had 45 different vowels, perhaps the most of any major Trician language. There are:

• the simple vowels a i u /ɐ ɪ ʊ/
• the double vowels and diphthongs: aa ai au ia ii iu ua ui uu /a:~ɑ: ɛi ɔu ɪɛ i: ɪʊ ʊɔ ʏɪ u:~y:/
• the triple vowels aä iï uü äa ïi üu /ɐɑ: ɨi: ɨu: ɒ:ə i:e u:o/
• the overlong diphthongs äi aï äu aü ïa iä ïu iü üa uä üi uï /ɑ:ɪ əi: ɑ:ʊ əu: ijə~iʝ:ə jɑ: ijo~iʝ:o ju: uwə~uɣʷ:ə wɑ: uwe~uɣʷ:e wi:/
• the triphthongs aia aiu aua aui iai iau iua iui uai uia uau uiu /ɛjə~ɛʝ:ə ɛjʏ~ɛʝ:ʏ ɔwə~ɔɣʷ:ə ɔwɪ~ɔɣʷ:ɪ jɛɪ jɔʊ~jœʏ jʊə~ʏ:ə jʏi~jʏ:~ʏ: wɛɪ wɪə wɔʊ wɪw~wɯ:~ʷɯ:/

Syntax

Tzaloxian is VSO, head-initial and analytic, like Eevo or Hawaiian.

Prepositions

• na = from, of