Swuntsim

Modern Adetsib/Lexicon

Modern Adetsib/Swadesh list

Modern Adetsib is a particular vernacular lect of Adetsib. It is a spoken language of the modern Adetsib people while Ancient Adetsib is still used liturgically as a classical language.

Phonology

In general the phonology looks more modern Talman now. Still weird, in that it has no liquids.

Consonants

Swuntsim consonants

		Labial	Dental		Retroflex	Palatal	Velar		Laryngeal	Glottal
			central	lateral			plain	lab'zed
Nasal		m m	n n				ng ŋ	ngw ŋʷ
Stop	tenuis	p p	t t				c k			ʔ ʔ
	voiced	b b	d d				g g
Fricative	voiceless	f f	s s	σ ɬ	sj ʂ		ch x	chw xʷ		h h
	voiced	v v	dh ð z z
Affricate	tenuis		ts ts	ξ tɬ	tj tʂ
	voiced				dj dʐ
Approximant						y j		w w	l ɴ̆

/b d/ are allophones of /v ð/ after nasals.

Vowels

Has to have /y/ (e.g. Sguðitn < Scüdhiξ)

Middle Adetsib:

i ü u e ə o a ā /i ü uː eː ə ɔː a aː/

Modern Adetsib:

i ü u e ə o ä a /i y u e ə o æ a/?

Stress

Always penultimate

Phrasebook

• yəyʔ = hello
• ʔabšid! = goodbye!