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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' /ˈɮetʃɑn/ ({{PAGENAME}}: ''baeyghnae Aetjeon'' /ˈpejɣne ˈetʃʰɑn/) is a language of Talma spoken by the | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' /ˈɮetʃɑn/ ({{PAGENAME}}: ''baeyghnae Aetjeon'' /ˈpejɣne ˈetʃʰɑn/) is a language of Talma spoken by the Xaetjfa. It is a [[Naquic languages|Naquic language]] (descendant of [[Naquian]]) inspired by Praimhín's [[Gussnish]]. | ||
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Hlou-Shum languages /ˈɮetʃɑn/ (Hlou-Shum languages: baeyghnae Aetjeon /ˈpejɣne ˈetʃʰɑn/) is a language of Talma spoken by the Xaetjfa. It is a Naquic language (descendant of Naquian) inspired by Praimhín's Gussnish.
Main sources of loanwords:
Numbers 1-12: paev, tiho, natj-L, tqov, tsaweo, bael-L, oth, loseoth, bas-L, gaeyo, dav, dadheo-L (multiples of 3 lenite the following noun!)
Phonology
Consonants
Labial | Dental | Alveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Glottal | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ng /ŋ/ | |||||
Stop | tenuis | b /p/ | d /t/ | dz /ts/ | dx /tɬ/ | dj /tʃ/ | g /k/ | |
aspirated | p /pʰ/ | t /tʰ/ | ts /tsʰ/ | tq /tɬʰ/ | tj /tʃʰ/ | c /kʰ/ | ||
Fricative | voiceless | f /f/ | th /θ/ | s /s/ | q /ɬ/ | sj /ʃ/ | ch /x/ | h /h/ |
voiced | v /v/ | dh /ð/ | z /z/ | x /ɮ/ | zj /ʒ/ | gh /ɣ/ | ||
Approximant | l /l/ | y /j/ | w /w/ |
In addition, r /ɾ/ is used in loanwords.
- Notes
- In casual speech, the unaspirated stops and affricates /p t ts tɬ tʃ k/ are voiced intervocalically to [b d dz dɮ dʒ ɡ].
- Depending on speaker, /l/ may be slightly retracted [l̠] or slightly velarized [lˠ].
Vowels
Front | Central | Back | |
---|---|---|---|
Close | i /i/ | u /u/ | |
Mid | ae /e/ | eu /ə/ | o /o/ |
Open | a /æ/ | eo /ɑ/ |
- Notes
- /ɨ/ is near-close central [ɨ̞].
- /ə/ may be pronounced [ɤ] by some speakers.
Mutations
Normal | p | t | ts | s | tq | q | tj | sj | c | b | d | dz | z | dx | x | dj | zj | g |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lenited | f | th | s | h | q | h | sj | h | ch | v | dh | z | 0 | x | 0 | zj | 0 | gh |
Normal | m | n | ng | w | l | y |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lenited | w | n | ng | w | w | y |
Prosody
Stress
In native words stress is on the first syllable, not counting prefixes. In loans, stress falls on the same syllable as in the source language.
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
-meo/-eom, -nae, -neu < ixmi, hinē, hinuoz
Indefinite | Definite | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | pa | pameo | panae | paneu |
Vocative | fa | - | - | faneu |
Adjectives
Adjectives do not take affixes. However, adjectives modifying indefinite feminine nouns (i.e. nouns that ended in a vowel in Naquian) undergo lenition.
- ba seowan
- a small person
- mif heowan
- a small house
However, the suffixes -nae and -meo/-eom always lenite the following noun:
- panae heowan
- the small person
- mifeom heowan
- the small houses
Predicative adjectives precede the subject, while attributive adjectives follow it.
Pronouns
Prepositions and conjunctions
- tjeo-L = and
- meo-L = of
- deo-L = at
- yae-L = to
Verbs
Rencadian relex
Derivational morphology
- -azj (f): nominalizer
- -iy (f): abstract noun
Phrasebook
- Lon Xaetjfa. = I am a Xaetjeon person.