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In [[Verse:Angai]], '''{{PAGENAME}}''' ('' | In [[Verse:Angai]], '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''bry lleqâs Dylethyzz'' CLF language Dylath-ADJ) is an extremely conservative Trans-Sarnathian language (branch of the Akya-Woms family including the monosyllabic tonal language [[Zzean]]) with a Welsh-like grammar and aesthetic. Dylathian and its closest relatives are spoken in the Dylathian plateau and the Sarnathian mountain range in the borderlands of Aem-Zmaə, which contains Mt. ___, the highest mountain in Angai. Dylathian and its neighboring relatives are vital for reconstructing the early history of the Trans-Sarnathian branch. | ||
Standard Dylathian is the liturgical language of ___ (Tibetan Buddhism clone). | Standard Dylathian is the liturgical language of ___ (Tibetan Buddhism clone). | ||
PTS tilakt- -> Dylath | |||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
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* ff th ch chw ll rh are weakly glottalized | * ff th ch chw ll rh are weakly glottalized | ||
* Final stops are optionally released | |||
=== Vowels === | === Vowels === | ||
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"Colloquial Welsh with classifiers" | "Colloquial Welsh with classifiers" | ||
=== Nouns === | === Nouns === | ||
As in reconstructed Proto-Trans-Sarnathian, most nouns have an unmarked form and a marked form (called the ''singulative'' for sake of convenience) that is only used for indefinite singular nouns. Like Welsh plurals, the singulative is unpredictable and is marked with a suffix, vowel affection, or both. | |||
For the definite article, the appropriate classifier is used, except for inalienably possessed nouns; the number is marked on the classifier. | |||
==== List of classifiers ==== | |||
==== Alienable possession ==== | |||
==== Inalienable possession ==== | |||
=== Numerals === | === Numerals === | ||
There is no isolated word for "one". When counting you use a word that was formerly "once/an occurrence" (cf. Slavic '''raz''' dva tri...). Otherwise, the | There is no isolated word for "one". When counting you use a word that was formerly "once/an occurrence" (cf. Slavic '''raz''' dva tri...). Otherwise, the singulative form of the noun in question is used, when necessary emphasized with __ 'only'. | ||
=== TAM auxiliaries === | === TAM auxiliaries === | ||
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=== Verbs === | === Verbs === | ||
The word order is "T1 S T2 V O". | The word order is "T1 S T2 V O". | ||
=== Clausal syntax === | |||
Latest revision as of 15:35, 28 November 2024
In Verse:Angai, Dylathian (bry lleqâs Dylethyzz CLF language Dylath-ADJ) is an extremely conservative Trans-Sarnathian language (branch of the Akya-Woms family including the monosyllabic tonal language Zzean) with a Welsh-like grammar and aesthetic. Dylathian and its closest relatives are spoken in the Dylathian plateau and the Sarnathian mountain range in the borderlands of Aem-Zmaə, which contains Mt. ___, the highest mountain in Angai. Dylathian and its neighboring relatives are vital for reconstructing the early history of the Trans-Sarnathian branch.
Standard Dylathian is the liturgical language of ___ (Tibetan Buddhism clone).
PTS tilakt- -> Dylath
Phonology
Generally Welshy phonology but with ejectives and affricates; penultimate stress with vowel alternations attesting to earlier ultimate stress
Consonants
- m n l r ll rh /m n l r (Welsh ll) (Welsh rh)/
- b d dz g gw /p t ts k kw/
- p t tz c cw /ph th tsh kh kwh/
- pq tq tzq cq cwq /p' t' ts' k' kw'/
- ff th z s ch chw h q /f θ s s̠ x xw h ʔ/
- f dd zz w /v ð z w/
- ff th ch chw ll rh are weakly glottalized
- Final stops are optionally released
Vowels
i e u y a w o /i e ɨ ə a u o/; long î ê û ŷ â ŵ ô
Grammar
"Colloquial Welsh with classifiers"
Nouns
As in reconstructed Proto-Trans-Sarnathian, most nouns have an unmarked form and a marked form (called the singulative for sake of convenience) that is only used for indefinite singular nouns. Like Welsh plurals, the singulative is unpredictable and is marked with a suffix, vowel affection, or both.
For the definite article, the appropriate classifier is used, except for inalienably possessed nouns; the number is marked on the classifier.
List of classifiers
Alienable possession
Inalienable possession
Numerals
There is no isolated word for "one". When counting you use a word that was formerly "once/an occurrence" (cf. Slavic raz dva tri...). Otherwise, the singulative form of the noun in question is used, when necessary emphasized with __ 'only'.
TAM auxiliaries
Inflected for person and number (inherited from Proto-Trans-Sarnathian)
Verbs
The word order is "T1 S T2 V O".