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Modern Netagin lost [[Classical Netagin]] gemination, and gained new consonant contrasts as a result. Modern Netagin thus has 23 root letters, but | Modern Netagin lost [[Classical Netagin]] gemination, and gained new consonant contrasts as a result. Modern Netagin thus has 23 root letters, but 28 consonants: | ||
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Revision as of 17:55, 2 September 2017
Introduction
Modern Netagin (nthogin) is the modern descendant of Classical Netagin. It is a prestige language in Talma.
Phonology
Orthography
Consonants
Modern Netagin lost Classical Netagin gemination, and gained new consonant contrasts as a result. Modern Netagin thus has 23 root letters, but 28 consonants:
| Labial | Alveolar | Lateral | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Pharyngeal | Glottal | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nasal | m /m/ | n /n/ | ŋ /ŋ/ | |||||||
| Plosive | tenuis | bb /p/ | dd /t/ | gg /k/ | ʔ /ʔ/ | |||||
| voiced | b /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | |||||||
| aspirated | t /tʰ/ | k /kʰ/ | ||||||||
| Affricate | tenuis | cc /ts/ | ćć /tɬ/ | |||||||
| Spirant | voiceless | f /f/ | þ /θ/ | x /x/ | ||||||
| voiced | v /v/ | ð /ð/ | γ /ɣ/ | |||||||
| Nonspirant | voiceless | s /s/ | ś /ɬ/ | ħ /ħ/ | h /h/ | |||||
| voiced | z /z/ | |||||||||
| Approximant | r /ɾ/ | y /j/ | ȝ /ʁ~ʕ/ | |||||||
Vowels
| Front | Central | Back | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Close | i /i/ | ü /y/ | u /u/ |
| Mid | e /e/ | ö /ø/ | o /o/ |
| Open | a /a/ |
Prosody
Stress
Intonation
Phonotactics
Morphophonology
Morphology
Nouns
Adjectives
Adjectives in -in decline as follows:
| Singulative | Collective | Plurative | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Masculine | nthogin | nthoginu | nthogino |
| Feminine | nthogiye | nthoginu | nthogibh |
Verbs
Derivational morphology
Syntax
Modern Netagin is a VSO, split-ergative langiage.