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Windermere but it has suffixes. | In the Unbegotten timeline, '''Netagin''' is a classical language of Edna's conworld. It's Windermere/Khmer (or a broad/slenderized version of it) but it has suffixes. | ||
Idavic, with 2-3 cases | |||
==Phonology== | |||
===Consonants=== | |||
p b t d ť ď č dž k g ʔ f s š x h m n ŋ l r w j | |||
===Vowels=== | |||
a e i o u ö ü | |||
Reduced vowels: a~ə ɨ | |||
Russian/Hebrew style alternation between pretonic a and propretonic ə | |||
===Stress=== | |||
Usually final, some penultimately-stressed "segolates" CVCVC or CVCCV | |||
==Morphology== | |||
===Nouns=== | |||
Netagin has 3 cases and 3 genders (masculine, feminine, neuter); the feminine gender evolved from an earlier abstract/honorific gender. | |||
Netagin case affixes are regular: | |||
Animate nouns end in ''-a''; inanimate nouns end in a null affix ''-0'' | |||
Revision as of 11:16, 23 August 2020
In the Unbegotten timeline, Netagin is a classical language of Edna's conworld. It's Windermere/Khmer (or a broad/slenderized version of it) but it has suffixes.
Idavic, with 2-3 cases
Phonology
Consonants
p b t d ť ď č dž k g ʔ f s š x h m n ŋ l r w j
Vowels
a e i o u ö ü
Reduced vowels: a~ə ɨ
Russian/Hebrew style alternation between pretonic a and propretonic ə
Stress
Usually final, some penultimately-stressed "segolates" CVCVC or CVCCV
Morphology
Nouns
Netagin has 3 cases and 3 genders (masculine, feminine, neuter); the feminine gender evolved from an earlier abstract/honorific gender.
Netagin case affixes are regular:
Animate nouns end in -a; inanimate nouns end in a null affix -0