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'''Knench''' /nɛnt͡ʃ/ (natively ''Finid'' /ˈfi{{long}}nɪð/ or ''losůnaz Fini'') is a divergent descendant 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 constructions using the infinitive construct. Knench is the second largest Irta British minority language after Welsh, in fact its syntax is similar to Colloquial Welsh.
'''Knench''' /nɛnt͡ʃ/ (natively ''Fithid'' /ˈfi{{long}}t{{asp}}ɪð/ or ''losůnaz Fithi'') is a divergent descendant 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 constructions using the infinitive construct. Knench is the second largest Irta British minority language after Welsh, in fact its syntax is similar to Colloquial Welsh.


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=== Consonants ===
=== Consonants ===
==== Phones ====
* (lost, not written) from Old Knench /ʔ/
==== Underlying consonants ====
* /v/ '''v''' from Old Knench /b/
* |ʔ| '''x''' (often lost) from Old Knench /ʔ/
* /ɣ/ '''g''' from Old Knench /g/
* |v| '''v''' from Old Knench /b/
* /ð/ '''d''' from Old Knench /d/
* |ɣ| '''g''' from Old Knench /g/
* /0/ '''ḧ''' (often lost) from Old Knench /h/
* |ð| '''d''' from Old Knench /d/
* /w/ '''w''' from Old Knench /w/
* |h| '''ḧ''' (often lost) from Old Knench /h/
* /z/ '''z''' from Old Knench /z/ (from PSem *z and ð)
* |w| '''w''' from Old Knench /w/
* // '''qh''' from Old Knench /χ/ (from PSem *x and *ħ)
* |z| '''z''' from Old Knench /z/ (from PSem *z and ð)
* /t˭/ '''t''' from Old Knench /t{{phar}}/
* || '''qh''' from Old Knench /χ/ (from PSem *x and *ħ)
* /j/ '''j''' from Old Knench /j/
* |t=| '''t''' from Old Knench /t{{phar}}/
* // '''ch''' from Old Knench /k/
* |j| '''j''' from Old Knench /j/
* /l/ '''l''' from Old Knench /l/
* || '''ch''' from Old Knench /k/
* /m/ '''m''' from Old Knench /m/
* |l| '''l''' from Old Knench /l/
* /n/ '''n''' from Old Knench /n/
* |m| '''m''' from Old Knench /m/
* /s/ '''x''' from Old Knench /ts/ (from PSem *s)
* |n| '''n''' from Old Knench /n/
* /ʁ{{tilde}}/ '''ɣ''' from Old Knench /ʁ̃/ (from PSem *ɣ and *ʕ)
* |ɕ| '''çh''' from Old Knench /ts/ (from PSem *s)
* /f/ '''f''' from Old Knench /p/
* |ʁ{{tilde}}| '''ɣ''' from Old Knench /ʁ̃/ (from PSem *ɣ and *ʕ)
* /p˭/ '''p''' from Latin/Romance /p/
* |f| '''f''' from Old Knench /p/
* /t{{tiebar}}s˭| '''ç''' from Old Knench /tsˁ/ (from PSem *s{{cdb}}, *ś{{cdb}}, and *θ{{cdb}})
* |p=| '''p''' from Latin/Romance /p/
* /k˭/ '''c''' from Old Knench /q/
* |ts=| '''ç''' from Old Knench /tsˁ/ (from PSem *s{{cdb}}, *ś{{cdb}}, and *θ{{cdb}})
* /ɾ/ '''r''' from Old Knench /r/
* |k=| '''c''' from Old Knench /q/
* /s{{ret}}/ '''s''' from Old Knench /s{{ret}}/ (from PSem *š, *ś, and *θ)
* |r| '''r''' from Old Knench /r/
* // '''th''' from Old Knench /t/
* |{{sz}}| '''s''' from Old Knench /s{{ret}}/ (from PSem *š, *ś, and *θ)
* || '''th''' from Old Knench /t/


'''qh''' is in a process of merging with '''ch''' in Modern Knench. The merged sound is kʰ~x.
'''qh''' is shifting to /x~h/ in Modern Knench.


=== Mutation ===
=== Mutation ===
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* 2sg.m: ''tho''; ''-cho tho'' (after prepositions)
* 2sg.m: ''tho''; ''-cho tho'' (after prepositions)
* 2sg.f: ''thy''; ''-chyth'' (after prepositions)
* 2sg.f: ''thy''; ''-chyth'' (after prepositions)
* 3sg.m: ''ůj'' (< -ů + ḧi)
* 3sg.m: ''ůj'' (< -ů + ḧi), ''-u/-ů''
* 3sg.f: ''oj'' (< -o/-oh/-ho + ḧi)
* 3sg.f: ''oj'' (< -o/-oh/-ho + ḧi)
* 1pl: ''nu''
* 1pl: ''nu''
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The lexical verb is usually in the infinitive form in Knench:
The lexical verb is usually in the infinitive form in Knench:


: ''Re ni by bluɣ laqhm.'' (PRES 1SG PROG eat bread) 'I eat/am eating bread.'
: ''Re ni byl chilo laqhm.'' (PRES 1SG PROG eat bread) 'I eat/am eating bread.'
: ''Re ni by bluɣ i tha laqhm.'' (PRES 1SG PROG eat 1SG ACC bread) '(archaic) I eat/am eating bread.'
: ''Re ni by chilo i tha laqhm.'' (PRES 1SG PROG eat 1SG FA bread) '(archaic) I eat/am eating bread.'
: ''Bluɣ laqhmaz!'' 'Eat the bread! (both sg and pl)'
: ''Chilo laqhmaz!'' 'Eat the bread! (both sg and pl)'


Knench verbs can be from inherited binyanim (fɣul, iffoɣel, ithfoɣel, faɣel, afɣel, isthafɣel) or from noun patterns.
Knench verbs can be from inherited infinitive construct forms (the binyanim are fɣul, yfeɣyl, ythfeɣyl, feɣyl, efɣyl, ysthefɣyl) or from noun patterns.


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===Newton's laws of motion===
===Newton's laws of motion===
''I: Re dobor by sbuth by demi, ylů by ɣythůc bal-mystheny, lile força b acço ɣaju.''
''I: Re gif byl sbuth by demi, ylů by qhufuz bal-mystheny, chim força b acço ɣaju.''


I: An object stays at rest, or at a constant speed, unless a force acts on it.
I: An object stays at rest, or at a constant speed, unless a force acts on it.


''II: Re sanijaz ly momentaz ly gif by mathcůni lid forçazů by ɣbur façir ɣaj gifaz; u re sanijaz by crůd darchom cůaz thecin as forçazů by ɣbur façir ɣaju.''
''II: Re senůdaz ly momentaz ly gif by mathcini lid forçazů by ɣbur feçyr ɣaj gifaz; u re senůdaz by crůd darchom cůaz thecin as forçazů by ɣbur feçyr ɣaju.''


II: The change in the momentum of a body is proportional to the force applied to the body; and the change occurs along the straight line on which that force is applied.
II: The change in the momentum of a body is proportional to the force applied to the body; and the change occurs along the straight line on which that force is applied.


''III: Jes ly chul acço tha reacço sowo u neh{{umlaut}}focho.''
''III: Jes ly chul acço tha reacço sowo u nyh{{umlaut}}focho.''


III: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.
III: Every action has an equal and opposite reaction.