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.

Diachronical sketch

• sb sd > zv zd
• sxʷ > sf? sw?

Phonology

In general the phonology looks more modern Talman now. "Unusual" features include lateral obstruents, labialized velars, and the fact that it has only one 'liquid' - /ɴ̆/.

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)	gw gʷ
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 dh

g is an allophone of gw before rounded vowels /y o/

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

???

Phrasebook

• yəyʔ = hello
• ʔabšid! = goodbye!