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'''Knench''' /nɛnt͡ʃ/ (natively / | '''Knench''' /nɛnt͡ʃ/ (natively /ˈkʰnɔ{{tilde}}ːnɪð/) is a divergent descendent of Canaanite spoken in Lõis Great Britain. It does not lose Semitic triconsonantal morphology, but it loses older Semitic conjugated verb forms in favor of a construction using the infinitive construct. Knench is the second largest Lõis British minority language after Welsh, in fact its syntax is similar to Colloquial Welsh. | ||
The Knench were druids, kinda, before they converted to Christianity | |||
l and r treated as in British English, Maghrebi-Arabic-like consonant clusters | l and r treated as in British English, Maghrebi-Arabic-like consonant clusters | ||
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pronouns: | pronouns: | ||
* 1sg /ɪ/, (after | * 1sg /ɪ/, (after vowel) /nɪ/ | ||
* 2sg /tʰə/ | * 2sg /tʰə/ | ||
* 3sg m /hʏ/ | * 3sg m /hʏ/ | ||
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/-əs/ becomes the default feminine suffix; e.g. /luːh/ 'god/God', /luːhəs/ 'goddess' | /-əs/ becomes the default feminine suffix; e.g. /luːh/ 'god/God', /luːhəs/ 'goddess' | ||
k-b-r 'big' | h-g-y 'to savor' | ||
ʔ-h-b 'love': /hyːb/ |ʔhyːb| 'dear, beloved' | |||
k-b-r 'big': /kʰəˈpiːə̯/ |kʰəbbiːr| 'big' | |||
g-d-l which has merged with q-T-l means 'tyranny, violence, cruelty': /ktuː/ |gduːl| 'tyrant, tyrannical' | |||
ʔ-š-r (''ser'' 'sacred tree' -> 'soul') | |||
One derivation I'm proud of is Knench młur ’daily life, waking life’ (hypothetical mâʕôr in Hebrew from biliteral ʕ-r 'awake') | |||
== Phonology == | == Phonology == | ||
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* |tsʰ| from Old Knench /ts/ (from PSem *s) | * |tsʰ| from Old Knench /ts/ (from PSem *s) | ||
* |ʁ{{tilde}}| from Old Knench /ʕ/ (from PSem *ɣ and *ʕ) | * |ʁ{{tilde}}| from Old Knench /ʕ/ (from PSem *ɣ and *ʕ) | ||
* | | * |f| from Old Knench /p/ | ||
* |ts| from Old Knench /tsˁ/ (from PSem *s{{cdb}}, *ś{{cdb}}, and *θ{{cdb}}) | * |ts| from Old Knench /tsˁ/ (from PSem *s{{cdb}}, *ś{{cdb}}, and *θ{{cdb}}) | ||
* |r| from Old Knench /r/ | * |r| from Old Knench /r/ | ||
* |s| from Old Knench /s/ (from PSem *š and * | * |s| from Old Knench /s/ (from PSem *š, *ś, and *θ) | ||
* |tʰ| from Old Knench /t/ | * |tʰ| from Old Knench /t/ | ||
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'' | ==== Vocalizables ==== | ||
''Vocalizables'' are underlying consonants that have vocalized forms when reduced or manifest as vowel lengthening or closing elements of diphthongs. These are: |ʔ|, |h|, |r|, |ʁ{{tilde}}|, |l|, and |w|. | |||
=== Mutation === | === Mutation === | ||
== Morphology == | |||
=== Verbs === | |||
Citation form is the singular imperative (same as the bare infinitive construct) | |||
Knench verbs can be from inherited binyanim (fłul, iffłel, itfəłłel, fəłłel, afłel, istəfłel) or from noun patterns (Assumes speakers are aware of literal meanings of the syntactic constructions) | |||