Swuntsim/Naquian

Not to be confused with Schnüher.

Todo

ja = good (< ds2a-, ~ Clofab dasa-, Phorm thia-)

nein = bad

Metz, Fetz = mother, father

Ende Ästeln Praveen da. = My name is Praveen.

Ästel = name

hie X = this X

hieß, hier = this inanimate, animate

blau X = that X

blauß, blauer = that inanimate, animate

kließ, klier = what, who

klie X = what/which X

1...12 = es/er, schrieb, ßalz, loff, orf, wieb, zoll, deich, aft, kaber, berm, luss

Raschen Möchtung da. = Water is life.

Phonology

Lifted from Standard German.

Consonants

Lifted from Standard German, with initial ß /s/ allowed.

Vowels

Lifted from Standard German.

Prosody

Lifted from Standard German.

Stress

Lifted from Standard German.

Phonotactics

Lifted from Standard German.

Morphophonology

Lifted from Standard German.

Morphology

Nouns

The topic marker is -en.

Predicate nouns are marked with the particle da after it.

Enden Spahr da.

end-en Spahr da

1SG-TOP horse PRES

I am a horse.

• -s: plural
• -en: topic
• -0: nominative
• -el: accusative
• -e: genitive

Adjectives

Adjectives precede nouns and are not inflected: ja Loch 'good land'.

Sentence-final particles

• da = predicative
• soll = past
• hat = future
• viel = question
• wird = quotative
• vor, zu = realis, irrealis negative
• davor, dazu = is not, wouldn't be

Verbs

Subject affixes

	Singular	Plural
1	-en	-ig
2	-st	U-in
3	-∅

do = haben, hast, habe, habig, häbin, habe

Pronouns

Personal pronouns

	Singular	Plural
1	end	achtend
2	senz	ihn
3	-∅

Syntax

"Magnā cum laude" order