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Revision as of 01:03, 8 July 2016

The Azzanic languages (Tergetian: sa-brìs Azzàinìne) 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 and Rozzino. They are descended from Proto-Azzanic (PAzz).

Origin

The Azzanic languages bear the name of the legendary hero Azzàn, reconstructed as *ʔAzzānum, to whom Tergetians and Rozzinians trace their descent.

Phylogeny

Phylogeny

Phonology

Consonants

Proto-Azzanic is reconstructed with 29 consonants.

Proto-Azzanic reconstructed consonants
Labial Linguolabial Dental Alveolar Retroflex Palatal Velar Uvular Glottal
plain coarticulated plain coarticulated
Nasal *m *n
Plosive plain *p *ᵽ *ṕ *t *c *ṭ *k *q
voiced *b *b́ *d *ḍ *g
Fricative voiceless *s
voiced *z
Approximant *w *l *y
Trill *r

Vowels

Front Back
Close *i *į *u *ų
Open *e *ę *a *ą
Diphthongs *ey *ew *ie *ay *aw *uo

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

Morphology

Proto-Azzanic had Philippine alignment as does Rozzino and ʔAškāsīnių. Verb-initial clauses were the norm as in Semitic and Austronesian languages. Primitive Tergetian had changed this alignment into a nominative-accusative system.

Nouns

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

First declension: *kullų 'bird'
Case Singular Plural
Direct *kullų *kullek
Indirect *kullāk *kullę
Genitive *kullī *kullą


Second declension: *ripṭuk 'throat'
Case Singular Plural
Direct *ripṭuk *ripṭāk
Indirect *ripṭaɹ *ripṭų
Genitive *ripṭūk *ripṭa


Third declension: *ġattik 'horn'
Case Singular Plural
Direct *ġattik *ġattēk
Indirect *ġatteɹ *ġattį
Genitive *ġattīk *ġatte

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).

Numerals

Derivational morphology

Syntax