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Humpback Whelsh/Lexicon

Humpback Whelsh/Swadesh list

Humpback Whelsh is a Naquic language spoken in Talma. It is distantly related to modern Adutsib languages such as Sfətsiv.

It's inspired by Welsh.

Phonology

Consonants

		Labial	Dental	Alveolar	Lateral	Palatal	Velar	Glottal
Nasal		m /m/	n /n/
Stop	ejective	pp /p(ʼ)/	tt /t(ʼ)/	tts /ts(ʼ)/	ttσ /tɬ(ʼ)/	ttj /tʃ(ʼ)/	cc /k(ʼ)/
	aspirated	p /pʰ/	t /tʰ/	ts /tsʰ/	tσ /tɬʰ/	tj /tʃʰ/	c /kʰ/
	voiced	b /b/	d /d/	dz /dz/	dλ /dɮ/	dj /dʒ/	g /g/
Fricative	voiceless	f /f/	th /θ/	s /s/	σ /ɬ/	sj /ʃ/	ch /x/	h /h/
	voiced	v /v/	dh /ð/	z /z/	λ /ɮ/		gh /ɣ/
Approximant				r /r/	l /l/	y /j/	w /w/

Vowels

in stressed syllables:

a ā e ē i ī o ó > æ a ə e ı i o u = ä a ə e ı i o u

Morphology

Nouns

The definite article is y before consonants and yn before vowels.

Possessive pronouns: ry vib, w vib, a vib, gy vib, zy vib, a mib = my house, your house, ...