Svele

Svele
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Pronunciation	[[...ˈ...]]
Created by	Veno
Setting	Alt-Earth
Native speakers	~2,000,000~ ()
Language family	Pangaean Code Diluvian Code Hyperborean Code Panjwanese Svalic Svele
Early form	Proto-Svalic
Writing system	Imperial glyphs

Svele is a svalic language in the Panjwanese language family, mainly spoken in Central Jawass. [...]

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David Sankoff's On the Rate of Replacement of Word-Meaning Relationships

X → Y ⧸ _({ A // B })C

Svele is "germanic-sounding". ktontz illengred nagdele "sea" neivele "sword" leigeverin ungrevir leiklisch "lizard"

lugelpuz

rich inventory of sibilants ch /ɕ/ zh /t͡ɕ/ sch /ʃ/ zch /t͡ʃ/ s /s/ z /t͡s/ ss /ɕʃs/ jawess /ˈi̯aːwəɕʃs/ svhalzche /svaːlt͡ʃə/ vheivele /ˈvaːɪ̯fələ/ svhalzepur

• morphomes are by rule ultrafusional

• vowel reduction is present

• consonant clusters

• segments cannot be pronounced in isolation, but fit within a specific grammatical, contextual, and lexical function influencing the whole phrase

• every word is a phrase

Proto-Panjwanese	A Jawese Branch ? ? Proto-Svalic Svele Kaisnodean Armentaurish ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?