Æ/Old

Schong/Lexicon

Æ/Old
jahn Schong
Pronunciation	[/jan41 sʰɔŋ55/]
Created by	IlL
Setting	Verse:Tricin
Language family	Lakovic Tumhanic Æ/Old

Schong (shong, natively jahn Schong /jan41 sʰɔŋ55/; Hlou: Ntzog Xöb) is a Lakovic language (related to Windermere), spoken in Tumhan. It's inspired by Dutch, Cantonese, Thai and Burmese.

Schong is thought to be an exonym from a Hlou-Shum language, ultimately from "Ashan" (a name for a Lakovic speaking people or a Talman region?); however, Schong is in the Tumhanic branch, not Ashanic. Its closest relative is Æ.

Todo

jahn 'language' ~ Old Wdm. șahn 'word'

khowh 'person'

External history

Schong is, in many ways, the second incarnation of my old Neck Thai, which was a Thai giblang spelled like Dutch.

Phonology

Monophthongs: a e i o u m n ng l /a e i o u m n ŋ l/

m n ng = /m n ŋ/

p t ts k ' = /p t ts k ʔ/

ph th tsh kh = aspirated

z sch g h = /s sʰ x h/

w r l j = /w r l j/

tones:

Tone 1 (high level): a e i o uu m n ng l

Tone 2 (rising): aa ee ii oo uu mm nn nng ll

Tone 3 (falling): ah eh ih oh uh uh mh nh ngh lh

Grammar

Atelic: schak; Telic: lack of schak

Example:

• Rii tshln raa. = "I ate all of the fruit."
• Rii tshln schak raa. = "I ate some of the fruit."