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Inspiration: Dravidian languages, Marathi
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''nủtufỉxi'', from ''nủtu'' 'Pategian' + ''fỉxi'' 'language') is a [[Pategic languages|Pategic]] language spoken by the [[Verse:Tricin/Pategia|Pategian]] people in [[Verse:Tricin|Tricin]].


'''Palkhan''' or '''Barcan''' (''BAR-kuhn''; natively ''ṭūgo paḷkha'', Eevo: ''brits Barca'') is the indigenous language of Barca. Today it has few speakers.
It is inspired by Welsh, Hungarian, and classical IE languages (Latin, Greek and Avestan). Pategian is also analogous to Hungarian from a diachronic perspective: roots that are disyllabic in other Pategic languages are often monosyllabic in Pategian.


Capital of Palkha: Ḷdamrōṇa ([[Skellan]]: Rðamrona)
==Dialects==
Pategian has 4 main dialects:
*Tảmhẻxra
*Fathrẩc
*Kẻlet
*Ảnfihẻzi


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
Palkhan allows retroflex dental clusters word-initially (like ḷd-)
===Consonants===
p t ts tc k b d dz dq g ph th s c kh h f x z q m n l r lh rh j


Retroflexes are subapical
/p t ts tʃ k b d dz dʒ g f θ s ʃ x h v ð z ʒ m n l r ɬ rʰ j/


Clusters (also allowed initially): NC-, lC-, ɳC-, ɭC-
===Vowels===
===Consonants===
a â e i o u y ả ẩ ẻ ỉ ỏ ủ ỷ
m n N
/a ɑ e i o u ɨ a: ɑ: e: i: o: u: ɨ:/


p ph b t th d T Th D k kh g
===Pitch accent===


s S h
Old Pategian had a pitch accent in long vowels which could be rising (written ả) or falling (written ạ). The distinction is neutralized in Modern Pategian.


v r l L j
===Phonotactics===
No initial clusters, geminates allowed


===Vowels===
Stress follows the Dreimorengesetz.
a e i o u


==Morphology==
==Morphology==
Applicatives and incorporation


==Todo==
==Poetry==


''ṇnaṇuna''
Most ancient Pategian poetry was written in flexible quantitative meters reminiscent of Vedic Sanskrit, but a few authors have experimented with the stricter quantitative meters used in [[Sowaár]] poetry. Stress-accentual meters and rhyming unmetric verse, influenced by [[Windermere]] poetry, are also common.


''Calvaḷuṭṭu ḷnāṇahē paḍataprōti muḷdāruṭa''
[[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]][[Category:Conlangs]]
[[Category:Pseudo-Uralic]][[Category:Languages]]
[[Category:Pategic languages]]

Latest revision as of 01:35, 28 March 2024

Pategian (nủtufỉxi, from nủtu 'Pategian' + fỉxi 'language') is a Pategic language spoken by the Pategian people in Tricin.

It is inspired by Welsh, Hungarian, and classical IE languages (Latin, Greek and Avestan). Pategian is also analogous to Hungarian from a diachronic perspective: roots that are disyllabic in other Pategic languages are often monosyllabic in Pategian.

Dialects

Pategian has 4 main dialects:

  • Tảmhẻxra
  • Fathrẩc
  • Kẻlet
  • Ảnfihẻzi

Phonology

Consonants

p t ts tc k b d dz dq g ph th s c kh h f x z q m n l r lh rh j

/p t ts tʃ k b d dz dʒ g f θ s ʃ x h v ð z ʒ m n l r ɬ rʰ j/

Vowels

a â e i o u y ả ẩ ẻ ỉ ỏ ủ ỷ /a ɑ e i o u ɨ a: ɑ: e: i: o: u: ɨ:/

Pitch accent

Old Pategian had a pitch accent in long vowels which could be rising (written ả) or falling (written ạ). The distinction is neutralized in Modern Pategian.

Phonotactics

No initial clusters, geminates allowed

Stress follows the Dreimorengesetz.

Morphology

Poetry

Most ancient Pategian poetry was written in flexible quantitative meters reminiscent of Vedic Sanskrit, but a few authors have experimented with the stricter quantitative meters used in Sowaár poetry. Stress-accentual meters and rhyming unmetric verse, influenced by Windermere poetry, are also common.