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Revision as of 09:49, 24 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
Zanahi is a satem language.
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/ | /t̪ʕ/ | /k/ | /q/ | /ʔ/ | |||
voiced | /b/ | /d̪/ | /d͡ɮˤ/ | /d͡ʒ/ | /ɡ/ | |||||
Fricative | voiceless | /f/ | /θ/ | /s/ | /sˤ/ | /ʃ/ | /x ~ χ/ | /ħ/ | /h/ | |
voiced | /v/ | /ð/ | /z/ | /ðˤ/ | /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
Letter | Scientific transliteration | Alternative transliterations | IPA | Name | Remarks |
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' | ' | /ʔ/ | 'ālaf | ||
b | b | /b/ | bēṯ | ||
v | ḇ; bh | /v/ | vēṯ | ||
g | g | /ɡ/ | gāmal | ||
ḡ | gh; ɣ; ġ | /ɣ ~ ʁ/ | ḡāmal | ||
ǧ | j | /d͡ʒ/} | ǧāmal | Used in Arabic and other foreign loanwords. | |
d | d | /d̪/ | dālaṯ | ||
ḏ | dh; ð | /ð/ | ḏālaṯ | ||
h | h | /h/ | hē | ||
w | w | /w/ | wāw | ||
z | z | /z/ | zayn | ||
ḥ | ħ; h'; 7 | /ħ/ | ḥēṯ | ||
ḫ | kh; ch; x; 7' | /x ~ χ/ | ḫēṯ | Used in Arabic and other early Semitic loanwords. | |
ṭ | t'; 6 | /t̪ˁ/ | ṭēṯ | ||
ẓ | z'; dh'; ð̣; 6' | /ðˁ/ | ẓēṯ | Used in Arabic loanwords. | |
y | /j/ | yōḏ | |||
k | /k/ | kāf | |||
ḵ | kh; ch; x | /x ~ χ/ | ḵāf | ||
č | ch; tsh | /t͡ʃ/ | čāf | Used in non-Semitic loanwords. | |
l | /l/ | lāmaḏ | |||
m | /m/ | mīm | |||
n | /n/ | nūn | |||
s | /s/ | samkaṯ | |||
ʻ | c; "; 3 | /ʕ/ | ʻayn | ||
ġ | gh; ɣ; 3' | /ɣ ~ ʁ/ | ġayn | Used in Arabic and other early Semitic loanwords. | |
p | /p/ | pē | |||
f | p̄; ph | /f/ | fē | ||
ṣ | s'; 9 | /sˁ/ | ṣāḏē | ||
ḍ | d'; 9' | /d͡ɮˁ/ | ḍāḏē | ||
q | ḳ | /q/ | qōf | ||
r | /r/ | rēš | |||
š | sh | /ʃ/ | šīn | ||
t | /t̪/ | tāw | |||
ṯ | th; θ; þ | /θ/ | ṯāw |
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
Personal pronouns
Person/ Number |
Independent | Dependent |
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1S | ammā | -mā |
2SM | antā | -tā/-ṯā |
2SF | antī | -tī/ṯī |
3SM | hattā | -hā |
3SF | hattī | -hī |
1P | annā | -nā |
2PM | antān | -tān/ṯān |
2PF | antīn | -tīn/ṯīn |
3PM | hattān | -hān |
3PF | hattīn | -hīn |
Demonstrative pronouns
Distance | Singular | Plural | ||
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masc. | fem. | masc. | fem. | |
Near | sā | sī | sān | sīn |
Far | tā | tī | tān | tīn |
Nouns and adjectives
Nouns do not decline for case.
There are two genders: masculine and feminine.The feminine is most often marked with the ending -ā.
There are two numbers: singular and plural.
Adjectives agree with the noun they modify in gender and definiteness.
The definite article is ha-, which is prefixed to the noun/adjective causes the first consonant to geminate if it is not pharngeal or glottal. There is no indefinite article.
Below is an example declension for the adjective bān "clear":
Gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indef. | def. | indef. | def. | |
Masculine | bān | hab-bān | bānīn | hab-bānīn |
Feminine | bānā | hab-bānā | bānān | hab-bānān |