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:[[Swuntsim/Lexicon]]
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'''Swuntsim''' (''SWUN-tsim''; natively ''Swəntsiv'' /ˈswəntsiv/, originally an exonym) is a language inspired by Lushootseed and Welsh.
 
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|nativename = Sfətsiv
|pronunciation=  /ˈsfətsiv/
|setting=[[Verse:Tricin]]
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'''Swuntsim''' (''SWUN-tsim''; natively ''Sfətsiv'' /ˈsfətsiv/) is a language inspired by Lushootseed and Welsh.


Some typological characteristics:
Some typological characteristics:
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*''tjway'' (7, places, slots, assignments) = 'name' (a name is an assignment)
*''tjway'' (7, places, slots, assignments) = 'name' (a name is an assignment)
*''Yəy, yo fətjway?'' = Hello, what's your name?
*''Yəy, yo fətjway?'' = Hello, what's your name?
*''Cətjway...'' = My name is...
*''Cətjway go...'' = My name is...
*''Tidhavo!'' = See you!
*''Tidhavo!'' = See you!
*''ξəp'' (7) = world
*''ξəp'' (7) = world
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==Orthography==
==Orthography==
Talman Swuntsim is usually written in the Windermere script. Words from Sacred Swuntsim are written in the original Swuntsim orthography.
Talman Swuntsim is usually written in the Windermere script.


==Phonology==
==Phonology==
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Geminates are allowed and are rendered by doubling (for digraphs, doubling the first consonant).
Geminates are allowed and are rendered by doubling (for digraphs, doubling the first consonant).
Some speakers in Skella may use intrusive L [ɴ̆~ʁ] as in [[Skellan/Accents|non-nasal Skellan accents]] to prevent hiatuses.


===Vowels===
===Vowels===
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==Constructions==
==Constructions==
Modern Swuntsim is SVO in independent clauses and pro-drop:
:'''''Chə'əcwev təSfətsivəσ.'''''
:/χəˈʔəkʷev təsfəˈtsivəɬ/
:chə-ʔə-cwev təSfətsiv-əσ
:NEG.PRES-3SG.AN-say Swuntsim-ADV
:''He does not speak Swuntsim.''
*The copula is ''go'' (inflected for tense).
* There is no relativizer; verbs have relative forms.
*The complementizer is ''ti'' (acc. tə + yi)
Adpositions consist of approximately equal number of prepositions and postpositions. Unlike in Standard Average Talman, adpositions do not inflect.
The constituent order is genitive-noun, noun-adjective, and noun-relative clause.
AdjN:
:''sjgwətjes zde''
:sj-gwətje-s s-de
:SG.INAN-red-ATTR SG-flower
: 'red flower'
NGen or GenN depending on type of possession?
:''tjway əd cwə'əmams''
:tj-way əd cwə-ʔəmam-s
:SG-name SG-of 1SG-mother-GEN
:'my mother's name'
RelN, relative clauses are OV (very non-Standard Average Talman!)
:'''''tocadh aygwiσcwəv'oəch ətotj va tfii'odh fi zdowe.'''''
:yesterday 3SG.CL1-REL-APPL-1SG-PAST-appoint SG.man COP.PST beautiful and kind
:''The man I went out with yesterday was handsome and nice.''
VComp:
:'''''Cwəchsla' ti fəv'oəch sadh ətotj tocadh.'''''
:cwə-ch-sla' ti fə-v-'oəch sadh ətotj tocadh
:1SG-PRES-know COMP 2SG-PAST-appoint with SG-man yesterday
:''I know that you went out with the man yesterday.''
Some adpositions must be used with thw genitive case.
*''ef'' (+ gen.) = in
*''tə'' (+ nom.) = accusative
==="Have" construction===
Swuntsim has no verb for "have"; instead the word ''djec'' 'with' is used.
:''o djec go tjvits'' (pronounced "o djeco tjvits")
:1SG with COP SG-house
:"I have a house"
==Vocabulary==
Swuntsim has many loanwords from Anbirese, Windermere, Eevo and other Talman languages.
[[Category:Tricin]][[Category:Tsimulh languages]]
[[Category:Languages]][[Category:Agglutinative languages]]
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