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'''Modern Netagin''' (''nhþohgin'') is the modern descendant of [[Classical Netagin]]. It is a prestige language in Talma. | '''Modern Netagin''' (''nhþohgin'') is the modern descendant of [[Classical Netagin]]. It is a prestige language in Talma. | ||
ħaŋic böhd hez | ħaŋic böhd hez tüŋ mikoś fazzim ʔaŋbon kacăhd xuʕos rifüy þahbiŋ śhdüʕ zârühx | ||
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Revision as of 11:51, 3 September 2017
Introduction
Modern Netagin (nhþohgin) is the modern descendant of Classical Netagin. It is a prestige language in Talma.
ħaŋic böhd hez tüŋ mikoś fazzim ʔaŋbon kacăhd xuʕos rifüy þahbiŋ śhdüʕ zârühx
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 | b /p/ | ḏ /t/ | ḡ /k/ | ʔ /ʔ/ | ||||
| voiced | ḇ /b/ | d /d/ | g /g/ | ||||||
| aspirated | t /tʰ/ | k /kʰ/ | |||||||
| Affricate | c /ts/ | ć /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.