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''' | '''{{SUBPAGENAME}}''' (''omokwoȝ Iłtséenofin'') is a language isolate spoken in the Iseenof province in Skella. It is inspired by Arapaho and [[Wiobian]]. | ||
==Sample== | |||
Ebéeȝ ceron ełeptséewon d-oseejeł tóos ocin kwi. = Once there was a childless king who wanted a son. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
p b f t d ȝ c j y k g h kw gw w = /pʰ p f tʰ t θ cʰ c ç kʰ k h kʷʰ kʷ ʍ/ | p b f t d ȝ c j y k g h kw gw w = /pʰ p f tʰ t θ tʃʰ~cʰ tʃ~c ʃ~ç kʰ k h kʷʰ kʷ ʍ/ | ||
s ts l ł tł r /s ts | s ts l ł tł r /s ts ʟ χ tχ r/ | ||
m n /m n/ | m n /m n/ | ||
The modern pronunciation of ''l ł tł'' is due to Eevo influence. | |||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
===Nouns=== | |||
Nouns come in two genders: masculine and feminine. Inanimate objects can be used in both genders interchangeably. (The feminine derives from an older honorific form, as in [[Proto-Talmic]].) | |||
Nouns and adjectives are technically the same part of speech and TAM affixes on a noun must also appear on adjectives that modify it. | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:14, 24 June 2018
Iłtséenofin (omokwoȝ Iłtséenofin) is a language isolate spoken in the Iseenof province in Skella. It is inspired by Arapaho and Wiobian.
Sample
Ebéeȝ ceron ełeptséewon d-oseejeł tóos ocin kwi. = Once there was a childless king who wanted a son.
Phonology
Consonants
p b f t d ȝ c j y k g h kw gw w = /pʰ p f tʰ t θ tʃʰ~cʰ tʃ~c ʃ~ç kʰ k h kʷʰ kʷ ʍ/
s ts l ł tł r /s ts ʟ χ tχ r/
m n /m n/
The modern pronunciation of l ł tł is due to Eevo influence.
Vowels
Arapaho vowels but with a quality distinction instead of tone
Morphology
Nouns
Nouns come in two genders: masculine and feminine. Inanimate objects can be used in both genders interchangeably. (The feminine derives from an older honorific form, as in Proto-Talmic.)
Nouns and adjectives are technically the same part of speech and TAM affixes on a noun must also appear on adjectives that modify it.