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*erkw = town, city; forms city names | *erkw = town, city; forms city names | ||
*Erkwed, | *Erkwed, Erkwisngwal = name of cities | ||
*xwahan = forest | *xwahan = forest | ||
*dlowng = wheel | *dlowng = wheel |
Revision as of 18:09, 20 July 2021
Gwnax (/gʷnax/, English: goo-NA(H)KH) is a Bjeheondian language isolate inspired by Welsh, Old Chinese and Tibeto-Burman. It is grammatically very similar to Modern Windermere and Hlou.
Gibberish: Ngwran tanxwlej be toh ma'ang siknagw, sy tu xyzell ham. Byrrong tyx kwosra nsoj xyh netsull, namte 'asmad se ykw'arij.
Maxwell = a name
- erkw = town, city; forms city names
- Erkwed, Erkwisngwal = name of cities
- xwahan = forest
- dlowng = wheel
- llymboj = horse
- wok = good
- 'lats = livestock
- lats = to sustain, to provide
- kwa = stone
- kykwa = boulder
- wansem = plough
- pruk = end
- gemra = to live
- aknull = paint, color
- mnep = vase
- be = past particle
1: pos 2: wyng 3: yhew 4: taxwi 5: azep 6: rynoj 7: kwlyng 8: tsil 9: masah 10: ngwet
Phonology
Vowels
a e i o u y /a e i o u ɨ/
Consonants
m n ng ngw p t ts k kw ' b d z g gw s x xw h l r ll rr w /m n ŋ ŋʷ p t ts k kʷ ʔ b d dz g gʷ s x xʷ h l r ɬ r̥ w/
Phonotactics
Allowed initial clusters are:
- RR: mn ml mr nl nr ngl ngr ngwl ngwr 'l 'r
- PR: pl pr tl tr kn kl kr kwn kwl kwr
- BR: bl br dl dr gn gl gr gwn gwl gwr
- FR: sm sn sng sngw sl sr xn xl xr xwn xwl xwr
Coda clusters are prohibited.
aj ej ij oj yj aw ew ow yw