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'''Knench''' /nɛnt͡ʃ/ (natively /ˈkʰnɔ{{tilde}} | '''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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g-d-l which has merged with q-T-l means 'tyranny, violence, cruelty': /ktuː/ |gduːl| 'tyrant, tyrannical' | 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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* |tʰ| from Old Knench /t/ | * |tʰ| from Old Knench /t/ | ||
==== | ==== 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 === | ||
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== Morphology == | == Morphology == | ||
=== Verbs === | === Verbs === | ||
Citation form is the singular imperative | 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) | |||