Suwáá/Wordlist: Difference between revisions

From Linguifex
Jump to navigation Jump to search
mNo edit summary
mNo edit summary
Line 1: Line 1:
The '''Azzanic languages''' are a family of consonantal-root languages spoken on the Wiebian subcontinent, as well as on a set of islands off of the North Wiebian Sea, including [[Tergetian]], [[ʔAškāsīnių]] (''čegānų ʔAškāsīnių'') and [[Rozzino]]. In particular, ʔAškāsīnių is extremely conservative, distinguishing between all 28 consonants of Proto-Azzanic. This family is speculated to have been part of a sprachbund connected to the [[Talsmic languages]].
The '''Azzanic languages''' are a family of consonantal-root languages spoken on the Wiebian subcontinent, as well as on a set of islands off of the North Wiebian Sea, including [[Tergetian]], [[ʔAškāsīnių]] (''čegānų ʔAškāsīnių'') and [[Rozzino]]. This family is speculated to have been part of a sprachbund connected to the [[Talsmic languages]].


==Origin==
==Origin==
==Phylogeny==
==Phylogeny==
ʔAškāsīnių in particular is extremely conservative, distinguishing between all 28 consonants of Proto-Azzanic.
==Phonology==
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
===Consonants===

Revision as of 05:35, 15 November 2015

The Azzanic languages are a family of consonantal-root languages spoken on the Wiebian subcontinent, as well as on a set of islands off of the North Wiebian Sea, including Tergetian, ʔAškāsīnių (čegānų ʔAškāsīnių) and Rozzino. This family is speculated to have been part of a sprachbund connected to the Talsmic languages.

Origin

Phylogeny

ʔAškāsīnių in particular is extremely conservative, distinguishing between all 28 consonants of Proto-Azzanic.

Phonology

Consonants

Proto-Azzanic is reconstructed with 28 consonants.

Proto-Azzanic reconstructed consonants
Labial Denti-alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
central lateral
Nasal *m *n
Plosive plain *p *t *ṭ *k *q
voiced *b *d *ḍ *g
Fricative voiceless *þ *s *h
voiced *ð *z
Affricate plain *c
voiced *ʒ́
Approximant *w *y
Liquid *r *l

Consonant correspondences

PAzz *p *b *t *d *s *z *c *ʒ́ *ṭ *ḍ *k *g *q *m *n *l *r *y *w *h
Tergetian p b t d t d s z s z ś ź ŧ đ c g q ġ m n l r ˀ, coloring f, coloring ˀ ˀ
Rozzino p b t d f v s ż z ż sci sgi ci gi ci gi c(h) g(h) qu gu m n l r gi, coloring v, coloring [ʔ] h [ʔ]
ʔAškāsīnių f b t d þ ð s z c dz š ž č k g q ʕ m n l r j v ʔ h

Vowels

Similar to Baltic:

Front Back
Close *i *ī *u *ū
Mid
Open *e *ē *a *ā
Diphthongs *ey *ew *ay *aw

Suprasegmentals

Stress fell on the first heavy (CVː or CVC) syllable (the last syllable was disregarded); in the absence of a heavy syllable, the stress fell on the first syllable.

Phonotactics

Grammar

Proto-Azzanic had Philippine alignment as does Rozzino and ʔAškāsīnių. Verb-initial clauses were the norm as in Semitic and Austronesian languages.

Nouns

Nouns and adjectives declined for three cases: direct, indirect and genitive.

Verbs

Verbs had an extensive trigger system marked by various binyanim. Verbs also inflected for the tense and subject (the argument in the direct case). There was an emphatic clitic =is added to verbs.

Syntax