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 an analytic tonal Lakovic language (related to Windermere), spoken in Tumhan. It's inspired by Dutch, Cantonese, Thai and Burmese.

The name 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 ü m n ŋ l/

• a e i o u n ng l ai au oi eu ui iu an en in on un ang eng ing ong ung al el il ol ul ak ek ik ok uk /aʔ eʔ iʔ oʔ üʔ/

m n ng = /m n ŋ/

p t tz tr k ' = /p t ts ʈ k ʔ/

ph th tz trh kh = aspirated

v z sch s g h = /f s sʰ ʂ x h/

r l j = /ɹ l j/

Initial clusters: vl vr gl gr

tones:

Tone 1 (high level): a e i o u 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

Telicity

Atelic: schak; Telic: lack of schak

Example:

• Rih sin floon. /rî ʂín mǒn/ = "I ate the fruit (all of it)."
• Rih sin schak floon. /rî ʂín sʰák mǒn/ = "I ate some of the fruit."