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Like Arabic, Zanahi words are traditionally classified in three categories: nominals, verbs, and particles. | |||
===Nominals=== | |||
====Pronouns==== | |||
====Nouns and adjectives==== | |||
Nouns do not decline for case. However, they have two states: the absolute and construct states. | |||
There are two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine is most often marked with the ending ''-ā'' (which becomes ''-at'' in the construct case). | |||
There are three numbers: singular, dual, and plural. However, the dual is most often used for nouns that usually come in pairs; in other cases, it can optionally be replaced with the plural. | |||
Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender. | |||
====Adverbs==== | |||
==Syntax== | ==Syntax== | ||
===Constituent order=== | ===Constituent order=== |
Revision as of 16:00, 22 November 2022
Zanahi (native: zanāhī, haṭ-ṭaṣwā haz-zanāhiyyā) is an Indo-European language with a high degree of Semitic influence.
Zanahi | |
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zanāhī | |
Pronunciation | [zænæːhiː] |
Created by | Shariifka |
Indo-European
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Early form | Proto-Zanahi
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Introduction
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Denti-alveolar | Post-alv./ Palatal |
Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||
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plain | emphatic | |||||||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
Stop | voiceless | p | t̪ | tˤ | k | q | ʔ | |||
voiced | b | d̪ | ɡ | |||||||
Fricative | voiceless | f | θ | s | sˤ | ʃ | x ~ χ | ħ | h | |
voiced | v | ð | z | ɣ ~ ʁ | ʕ | |||||
Trill | r | |||||||||
Approximant | l | j | w |
Vowels
Short | Long | |||
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Front | Back | Front | Back | |
Close | /i/ | /u/ | /iː/ | /uː/ |
Mid | /eː/ | /oː/ | ||
Open | /a/ | /aː/ | ||
Diphthongs | /aw/, /aj/ |
Orthography
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Lenition
Non-emphatic plosives undergo lenition to fricatives (analogous to "begadkefat" in Aramaic and Biblical Hebrew) in certain environments.
Un-lenited | Lenited |
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/b/ | /v/ |
/ɡ/ | /ɣ ~ ʁ/ |
/d/ | /ð/ |
/k/ | /x ~ χ/ |
/p/ | /f/ |
/t/ | /θ/ |
Morphology
Like Arabic, Zanahi words are traditionally classified in three categories: nominals, verbs, and particles.
Nominals
Pronouns
Nouns and adjectives
Nouns do not decline for case. However, they have two states: the absolute and construct states.
There are two genders: masculine and feminine. The feminine is most often marked with the ending -ā (which becomes -at in the construct case).
There are three numbers: singular, dual, and plural. However, the dual is most often used for nouns that usually come in pairs; in other cases, it can optionally be replaced with the plural.
Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender.