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'''Ksieħ''' (''sa loxxed Ksieħ'') is a Tergetic language, spoken in Clofabolocin.
'''Ksieħ''' (''sa loxxed Ksieħ'') is a [[Lakovic]] language (~ [[Naeng]]), spoken in Clofabolocin.


Inspiration: Latin, Khasi, Khmer and Maltese
Inspiration: Khasi, Khmer and Maltese (aesthetically), Indonesian and Vietnamese


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==Todo==
==Todo==
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Initial td- for the name Tdap
Initial td- for the name Tdap


ħ = /h/, h = /ʔ/
Vowels: <nowiki><a e i o u y w à è ì ò ù ỳ ẁ ie ḁ></nowiki> /a ɛ i o u ɨ ə æo ɛɨ io ɔɨ y əe aə e ɔ/


Vowels: <nowiki><a e i o u y w à è ì ò ù ỳ ẁ ie ḁ></nowiki> /a ɛ i o u ɨ ə {diphthongs} e ɔ/
Consonants: <nowiki><p t k b d g m n ŋ f s ṡ x v z ż h ħ l r></nowiki> /p t k b d g m n ŋ f s θ x v z ð ʔ h l r/


Consonants: <nowiki><p t k b d g m n ŋ f s ṡ x v z ż h ħ l r></nowiki> /p t k b d g m n ŋ f s θ x v z ð ʔ h l r/
HGCS-like sound changes and umlaut


Latin-like sound changes (Proto-Tergetic *p b φ -> b f p), and umlaut
''sar'' ~ Wdm. ''tar'' = house


==Introduction==
==Introduction==
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===Phonotactics===
===Phonotactics===
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Most words in Ksieħ are monosyllabic. Polysyllables in Ksieħ are almost always contractions or loanwords.
===Morphophonology===
===Morphophonology===
==Morphology==
==Morphology==


There are four genders in Ksieħ: animate masculine, animate feminine, inanimate, and honorific.
There are four genders in Ksieħ: animate masculine, animate feminine, inanimate, and honorific (which can be used for both animate and inanimate nouns).


===Nouns===
===Nouns===
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*honorific: ''se''
*honorific: ''se''


Adjectives have two forms, a default and an honorific (used only for honorific inanimate nouns).
Adjectives have two forms, a default and an honorific.


===Verbs===
===Verbs===
 
Tense is generally unmarked in Ksieħ, though the past tense marker ''de'' may be inserted at the beginning of a sentence to disambiguate.
The past tense marker is ''de-'' (from Proto-Tergetic ''te'' (and), which switched past and future tenses like the Biblical Hebrew vav consecutive)


===Numerals===
===Numerals===
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4: ''psàħ''
4: ''psàħ''
5: ''mẁħ''
5: ''mẁħ''
6: ''daħ''
6: ''saħ''
7: ''ksàs''
7: ''ksàs''
8: ''lkyr''
8: ''lħyr''
9: ''tastẁ''
9: ''sastẁ''
10: ''tapsàħ''
10: ''sapsàħ''
11: ''tammẁħ''
11: ''sammẁħ''
12: ''srwħ''
12: ''srwħ''
144: ''ħmien''
unit of 60: ''psòr''
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==Syntax==
==Morphosyntax==
Ksieħ is V2, like German.
Ksieħ is analytic and consistently head-initial, like Vietnamese.
===Constituent order===
===Constituent order===
===Noun phrase===
===Noun phrase===
Adjectives, numbers, relative clauses and determiners come after nouns, but articles come before nouns.
===Verb phrase===
===Verb phrase===
===Sentence phrase===
===Sentence phrase===

Latest revision as of 14:49, 9 September 2022

Ksieħ (sa loxxed Ksieħ) is a Lakovic language (~ Naeng), spoken in Clofabolocin.

Inspiration: Khasi, Khmer and Maltese (aesthetically), Indonesian and Vietnamese

History

Ksieh is notable for having lots of loanwords from various languages including Clofabosin, Dodellian, Netagin, Naeng, Scellan, Ferlitian, Wiobian, and Yacavestub, as well as terrestrial languages like English, Midhirian, Hebrew, Chinese and Tamil.

Todo

Initial td- for the name Tdap

Vowels: <a e i o u y w à è ì ò ù ỳ ẁ ie ḁ> /a ɛ i o u ɨ ə æo ɛɨ io ɔɨ y əe aə e ɔ/

Consonants: <p t k b d g m n ŋ f s ṡ x v z ż h ħ l r> /p t k b d g m n ŋ f s θ x v z ð ʔ h l r/

HGCS-like sound changes and umlaut

sar ~ Wdm. tar = house

Introduction

Phonology

Orthography

Consonants

Vowels

Prosody

Stress

Intonation

Phonotactics

Most words in Ksieħ are monosyllabic. Polysyllables in Ksieħ are almost always contractions or loanwords.

Morphophonology

Morphology

There are four genders in Ksieħ: animate masculine, animate feminine, inanimate, and honorific (which can be used for both animate and inanimate nouns).

Nouns

The definite article is as follows:

  • masculine: yn
  • feminine:
  • inanimate: sa
  • honorific: se

Adjectives have two forms, a default and an honorific.

Verbs

Tense is generally unmarked in Ksieħ, though the past tense marker de may be inserted at the beginning of a sentence to disambiguate.

Numerals

1: ḁn
2: ras
3: stẁ
4: psàħ
5: mẁħ
6: saħ
7: ksàs
8: lħyr
9: sastẁ
10: sapsàħ
11: sammẁħ
12: srwħ
144: ħmien

unit of 60: psòr

Morphosyntax

Ksieħ is analytic and consistently head-initial, like Vietnamese.

Constituent order

Noun phrase

Adjectives, numbers, relative clauses and determiners come after nouns, but articles come before nouns.

Verb phrase

Sentence phrase

Dependent clauses

Example texts

Other resources