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[[Sacred Swutsim/Swadesh list]]
[[Sacred Swuntsim/Swadesh list]]


'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''tìSə̀xwə́cím'') was the ancient [[Tsimulh languages|Tsimulh language]] spoken by the Swutsim people. It is still used as a liturgical language among [[Verse:Tricin/Swutsimism|religious Swutsim]].
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''tiSxwəncim'') was the ancient [[Tsimulh languages|Tsimulh language]] spoken by the Swuntsim people. It is still used as a liturgical language among [[Verse:Tricin/Swuntsim people|religious Swuntsim]].


Descendants:
Descendants:
*[[Talman Swutsim]]
*Modern [[Swuntsim]]
*Naquian Swutsim
*Naquian Swuntsim
==GMP==
==GMP==
Tsimulh low tone > breathy voice (vowels not devoiced yet; devoiced vowels are partly merged)
Tsimulh low tone > breathy voice (vowels not devoiced yet; devoiced vowels are partly merged)
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==Phonology==
==Phonology==
Sacred Swuntsim lost Proto-Tsimulh tones.
===Consonants===
===Consonants===


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===Vowels===
===Vowels===
Clear vowels: ''i u e ə o a''
Clear vowels: ''i u ə a''
 
Breathy vowels: ''ì ù ə̀ à''


==Grammar==
==Grammar==
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===Nouns===
===Nouns===
====Noun classes====
====Noun classes====
Sacred Swutsim had a noun class system like the Bantu languages. There were 12 noun classes, which are numbered as follows:
Sacred Swuntsim had a noun class system like the Bantu languages. There were 12 noun classes, which are numbered as follows:
#''ʔə-'', pl. ''cə-''
#''ʔə-'', pl. ''cə-''
#''bu-'', pl. ''də-''
#''bu-'', pl. ''də-''
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#''ma-'', pl. ''əwə-''
#''ma-'', pl. ''əwə-''
#''č-'', pl. ''abi-''
#''č-'', pl. ''abi-''
#''gu-'', pl. ''n-''
#''gu-'', pl. ''N-''
#''σi-'', pl. ''wi-''
#''σi-'', pl. ''wi-''
#''t-''
#''t-''
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===Verbs===
===Verbs===
====Noun class prefixes====
====Noun class prefixes====
*I = ''kʷə-''
*I = ''kwə-/kw-''
*you (sg) = ''xʷə-''
*you (sg) = ''xwə-/xw-''
*we = ''wə-''
*we = ''wə-''
*you (pl) = ''cu-''
*you (pl) = ''cu-''
*Noun class prefixes:
*Noun class prefixes:
*#''ʔə-'', pl. ''cə-''
*#''ʔə-'', pl. ''cə-/c-''
*#''bu-'', pl. ''də-''
*#''bu-'', pl. ''də-/d-''
*#''p-'', pl. ''əpi-''
*#''p-'', pl. ''əpi-/əp-''
*#''s-'', pl. ''dus-''
*#''s-'', pl. ''dus-''
*#''ut-'', pl. ''pσə-''
*#''ut-'', pl. ''pσə-/pσ-''
*#''ma-'', pl. ''əwə-''
*#''ma-/mə-'', pl. ''əwə-/u-''
*#''č-'', pl. ''abi-''
*#''k-/č-'', pl. ''abi-/əb-''
*#''gu-'', pl. ''n-''
*#''gu-'', pl. ''N-''
*#''σi-'', pl. ''wi-''
*#''σi-/σ-'', pl. ''wi-''
*#''t-'', no plural
*#''ti-/t-'', no plural
*#''t’im-'', no plural
*#''t’im-'', no plural
*#''pda-'' (common for abstract nouns), no plural
*#''pda-/pdə-'' (common for abstract nouns), no plural


====Tense affixes====
====Tense affixes====
''-s'' - past tense
''-s'' - past tense
===Numbers===
===Numbers===
The numerals 1-9 inflected for noun class; 10 and higher units did not.
[[Category:Tsimulh languages|*]]
 
1: *-an
 
2: *-xʷiš
 
3: *-ʔiyəm
 
4: *-udzuq
 
5: *-t'u
 
6: *-čaydž
 
7: *-buč'oh
 
8: *-gwiməʔ
 
9: *-anay
 
10: *-kʷ'in
 
[[Category:Tsimulh languages|*]][[Category:Language families]]
 
 
[[Category:Tsimulh languages]]
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