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| *[[{{PAGENAME}}/Lexicon]]
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| *[[{{PAGENAME}}/Swadesh list]]
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| *[[{{PAGENAME}}/Names]]
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| *[[{{PAGENAME}}/Phrasebook]]
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| {{Infobox language
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| |creator = [[User:IlL|IlL]], [[User:Praimhín|Praimhín]]
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| |name = {{PAGENAME}}
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| |nativename = ''Tsjoen-naet''
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| |pronunciation= /tʂœn nɛt/
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| |setting = [[Verse:Tricin]]
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| |region = Bjeheond
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| |familycolor=American
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| |fam1= Tsjoenic
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| |script={{PAGENAME}} script
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| |iso3=
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| |notice=IPA
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| }}
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| '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (English: /tʃərn/ ''chern''; native name: ''Tsjoen-naet'' /tʂœn nɛt/) is an official language in Tsjoen-Gjeost and several other countries, and a lingua franca in [[Verse:Bjeheond|Bjeheond]].
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| ==Todo==
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| ===Avoid===
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| *''feok'', ''keont''
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| ===To translate===
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| *[http://yoanaj.co.il/uploadimages/The_Little_Prince.pdf The Little Prince]
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| ==Orthography==
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| ==Phonology==
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| Tsjoen has an average-sized (~25, depending on who's counting) consonant inventory and a rather large (10) vowel inventory.
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| ===Consonants===
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| {| class="bluetable lightbluebg " style="width: 700px; text-align: center;"
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| |+ '''{{PAGENAME}} consonants'''
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| ! colspan="2" |
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| ! | Labial
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| ! | Alveolar
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| ! | Lateral
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| ! | Medial
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| ! | Palatal
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| ! | Velar
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| ! | Glottal
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| ! colspan="2" | Nasal
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| | '''m''' /m/
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| | '''n''' /n/
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| | '''ng''' /ŋ/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Plosive
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''p''' /p/
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| | '''t''' /t/
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| | '''tj''' /t͡ɕ/
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| | '''k''' /k/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| | '''b''' /b/
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| | '''d''' /d/
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| | '''dj''' /d͡ʑ/
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| | '''g''' /g/
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| ! rowspan="2" |Fricative
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| ! | <small>voiceless</small>
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| | '''f''' /f/
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| | '''s''' /s/
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| | '''sj''' /ɧ/
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| | '''hj''' /ç/
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| | '''h''' /h/
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| ! | <small>voiced</small>
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| | '''v''' /v/
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| | '''z''' /z/
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| ! colspan="2" |Affricate
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| | '''ts''' /ts/
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| | '''tsj''' /tʂ/
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| ! colspan="2" |Resonant
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| | '''w''' /w/
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| | '''r''' /r/
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| | '''l''' /l/
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| | '''zj''' /ɹ/
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| | '''j''' /j/
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| |}
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| ====Notes====
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| *'''t d h''' are pronounced like '''tj dj hj''' before /i/ and /y/.
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| ===Vowels===
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| Tsjoen has 10 vowel phonemes. There are no diphthongs.
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| ! rowspan="2" |
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| ! colspan="2" |Front
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| ! colspan="2" |Back
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| ! style="width: 45px; " |<small>unrounded</small>
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| ! style="width: 45px; " |<small>rounded</small>
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| ! style="width: 45px; " |<small>unrounded</small>
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| ! style="width: 45px; " |<small>rounded</small>
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| ! style="" |Close
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| | '''i''' /i/
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| | '''y''' /y/
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| | '''eu''' /ɯ/
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| | '''u''' /u/
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| ! style="" |Close-mid
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| | '''e''' /e/
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| |rowspan="2"|'''oe''' /ø~œ/
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| | '''o''' /o/
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| ! style="" |Open-mid
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| | '''ae''' /ɛ/
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| |colspan="2"|'''eo''' /ʌ~ɔ/
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| ! style="" |Open
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| | '''a''' /a/
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| Some linguists consider ''eu'' to actually be a non-palatalizing allophone of ''i''.
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| ''eo'' is reduced to [ə] in unstressed syllables.
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| ===Stress===
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| Stress is always initial.
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| ===Phonotactics===
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| *The most common roots are C(v/j)V, C(v/j)VC(C), C(v/j)VC(C)V, C(v/j)VC(C)VC. (The initial C(v/j) is optional)
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| */ji, jɯ, vɯ, vu/ are prohibited.
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| *Initial /ŋ/ is prohibited, as in both Sino-Korean and Swedish.
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| ===Intonation===
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| ==Morphology==
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| ==Syntax==
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| ===Basic typology===
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| Tsjoen grammar is mostly analytic and SVXO. Genitives and adjectives precede nouns: relative clauses follow nouns. Both pre- and postpositions are used.
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| :''Xi taek oseor eukng ti fjuxt.''
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| :I speak of love and hate.
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| :''Hveol ngeo mul kjom xi hi?''
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| :Are you saving it for me?
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| :''Baheod tjaleo.''
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| :Eagles exist.
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| ===Noun phrases===
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| #''$NOUN'' can mean both 'a $NOUN' and '$NOUNs'; in general, number distinctions cannot be made without a classifier.
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| #''CLF $NOUN'' means 'the $NOUN' or 'the $NOUNs'; the number depends on whether the classifier is singular or plural.
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| #''bae $CLF $NOUN'' means 'this $NOUN'; ''hjeo $CLF $NOUN'' means 'that $NOUN'.
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| #''$ADJ $NOUN'' and ''$VERB fo $NOUN'' means 'an $ADJ $NOUN' or 'a $NOUN that $VERBs'.
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| #''$NOUN CLF $REL_CLAUSE'' = 'a $NOUN $REL_CLAUSE; see the section on clauses.
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| #(With numbers) ''$NOUN $N CLF'' = '$N $NOUN(s)'; ''CLF $NOUN $N CLF'' = 'the $N $NOUN(s)''.
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| ===Verb phrases===
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| Grammaticalization happens readily in Tsjoen, as evinced by the sheer number of auxiliaries and particles in the language.
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| ====TAM====
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| Lots of TAM particles
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| *progressive ''va'' < "be at/in" like Celtic
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| *non-immediate future ''ho'' < "mean to"
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| *almost < "approach"
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| *overdo < "cross"
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| *take the initiative to < "take"
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| *try X-ing < "taste"
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| *may < "get"
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| *please < "be pleased to"
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| ====Serial verbs?====
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| ===Clauses===
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| The copula is ''o''.
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| ====Relative clauses====
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| Resumptive pronoun: ''lje''
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| ==Miscellaneous==
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| ===Poetry===
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| A Tsjoen meter is a set number of syllables per line, commonly with a division of each line into (usually two) sub-lines of certain lengths.
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| Alliteration is essential in Tsjoen poetry; traditionally, one creates a sense of rhythm by using alliteration in certain patterns such as:
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| # the beginning syllables of sub-lines, e.g. in the pattern a ... | a ... or a ... | [...] | a ...
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| # syllables within lines or sub-lines, e.g. a a a _ ‖ b b b _ ‖ c c c _ ‖ d d d _
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| # the above two may be combined, e.g. a _ a ... | b _ b ... ‖ b _ b ... | c _ c ... ‖ c _ c ... | d _ d ...
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| Non-traditional assonance schemes are used in modern poetry and in whimsical, quasi-Hofstadterian "riddle poems".
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| An example of a couplet with 4+4-lines:
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| <poem>
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| '''''Ts'''als ftjud txeob reodj ‖ '''ts'''op hjaeg jeopng'';
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| '''''d'''usp ny mjav pnje, ‖ '''d'''vots lats fjeltjar.''
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| </poem>
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| "Telegraphic" syntax à la Classical Chinese, i.e. not using classifiers and grammatical particles, is relatively common in "classical" poetry.
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| ==Sample texts==
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| ''Otsn, xi-ingk o Saxmatezj Svad, ti xi-blotp o Tsjoen-blotp.''
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| [[Category:Mustlup languages]]
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| [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]]
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| [[Category:Languages]]
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| [[Category:Tricin]]
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