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'''Netagin''' is one of the major languages of [ | '''Netagin''' (''ärək Nätagin'' ) is one of the major languages of [[Verse:Tricin]], native to the island nation of Ponetegu. It is a triconsonantal language loosely inspired by Hebrew and PIE. | ||
This page describes Classical Netagin. See also [[Modern Netagin]]. | |||
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*Get rid of gender | *Get rid of gender | ||
*Make the grammar as different from Hebrew as possible | *Make the grammar as different from Hebrew as possible | ||
* | *Get rid of Windermere words | ||
===Words=== | ===Words=== | ||
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*''g-l-n'': straight | *''g-l-n'': straight | ||
== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
Netagin has | Netagin has 22 root consonants: | ||
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! |Labial | ! |Labial | ||
! |Alveolar | ! |Alveolar | ||
! |Palatal | ! |Palatal | ||
! |Velar | ! |Velar | ||
! | | ! |Labiovelar | ||
|- | |- | ||
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal | ! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal | ||
| '''m''' /m/ | | '''m''' /m/ | ||
| '''n''' /n/ | |||
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! rowspan="2" |Plosive | ! rowspan="2" |Plosive | ||
! |<small> | !<small>voiceless</small> | ||
| '''p''' /p/ | |||
| '''t''' /t/ | |||
| '''tj''' /c/ | |||
| '''k''' /k/ | |||
| '''kw''' /kʷ/ | |||
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!<small>voiced</small> | |||
| '''b''' /p~b/ | | '''b''' /p~b/ | ||
| '''d''' /t~d/ | |||
| | | '''dj''' /c~ɟ/ | ||
| '''g''' /k~g/ | | '''g''' /k~g/ | ||
| '''gw''' /gw/ | |||
| ''' | |||
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! colspan="2" |Approximant | ! colspan="2" |Approximant | ||
| '''w''' /w/ | | '''w''' /w/ | ||
| '''r''' /ɾ/, '''l''' /l/ | |||
| '''y''' /j/ | | '''y''' /j/ | ||
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===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
a | a ă å è e i ò o ö u | ||
===Stress=== | ===Stress=== | ||
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===Processes=== | ===Processes=== | ||
The obstruents /p t k tʰ kʰ f θ x/ are lenited to [b d g | The obstruents /p t k tʰ kʰ f θ x/ are lenited to [b d g t k v ð ɣ] after a vowel and after voiced sounds (including lenited obstruents, and except /ɾ/). This is called ''ʔankadö'' in Netagin. | ||
Morphologically, sequences /rC/ often turn into geminates, due to historical assimilation. | Morphologically, sequences /rC/ often turn into geminates, due to historical assimilation. | ||
Netagin is written in a native left-to-right | ==Orthography== | ||
Netagin is written in a native left-to-right abjad. | |||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
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==Morphology== | ==Morphology== | ||
:''See also: [[ | :''See also: [[Netagin/Declension]] and [[Netagin/Gzarot]]'' | ||
The Classical Netagin noun system is typical of "old" Talman languages: nouns, which have gender, inflect for number and state; verbs take both subject and object affixes and display changes according to their syntactic environment. | The Classical Netagin noun system is typical of "old" Talman languages: nouns, which have gender, inflect for number and state; verbs take both subject and object affixes and display changes according to their syntactic environment. | ||
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==Syntax== | ==Syntax== |
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