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'''Qazhrian''' (/kɑːʒriən/ ''KAHZH-ree-uhn''; natively: ''Qazhrem'' /ˈqaʒrem/ or  ''he Lazhrem'' /he ˈʟaʒrem/) is a [[Talmic]] language spoken in Qazhra (from Thensarian ''Ȝactrasē''), a [[Verse:Tricin/Etalocin|Talman]] country. It is descended from [[Thensarian]].
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==External history==
Talman Lakovic or isolate with mutations, inspired loosely by Welsh
This language was originally called Benocian and was Romance- and Ashkenazi Hebrew-inspired, and it had a strong Portuguese flavor. Recently I decided to rework it, basing the aesthetic more on Breton.


==Ideas==
q > l soft mutation
*Breton-ish. If stuck between Welshy and Breton-ish err towards Breton-ish.
*/ts, dz/ from Thensarian /θ ð/
**or > /š ž/?
**d and dz both lenite to z
*/q/ lenites intervocallically to /ʟ/
*/m/ does NOT lenite.
*i ī u ū e ē o ō a ā ae ao ei eo iu oe ui
*''nō'' = I
*''gwēzh'' = you (sg)
*''tezh'' = child
*''rond'' = man
*''yenal'' = water
*''gwelh'' [gʷec] = name
*get initial zh from mutations
 
==Phonology==
===Consonants===
{| border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="1" class="bluetable lightbluebg" style="text-align:center;"
! colspan="2" |
!  |Labial
!  |Alveolar
!  |Palatal
!  |Velar
!  |Labiovelar
!  |Uvular
!  |Glottal
|-
! colspan="2" style="" |Nasal
| '''m''' /m/
| '''n''' /n/
| '''nh''' /ɲ/
| '''ng''' /ŋ/
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|
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|-
! rowspan="2" |Plosive
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| '''p''' /p/
| '''t''' /t/, '''ts''' /ts/
| '''c''' /c/
| '''k''' /k/
| '''kw''' /kʷ/
| '''q''' /q/
|
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''b''' /b/
| '''d''' /d/, '''dz''' /dz/
| '''lh''' /ɟ/
| '''g''' /g/
| '''gw''' /gʷ/
|
|
|-
! rowspan="2" style="" |Fricative
! |<small>voiceless</small>
| '''f''' /f/
| '''s''' /s/
| '''sh''' /ʃ/
| '''c'h''' /x/
|
| '''ħ''' /χ/
|rowspan="2" | '''h''' /h/
|-
! |<small>voiced</small>
| '''v''' /v/
| '''z''' /z/
| '''zh''' /ʒ/
| '''gh''' /ɣ/
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|
|-
! colspan="2" |Liquid
|
| '''r''' /r/
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|
|
| '''l''' /ɴ̆~ʟ/
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|-
! colspan="2" |Approximant
|
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| '''y''' /j/
| '''w''' /w/
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|}
 
'''p, f''' are found in loanwords (e.g. from Clofabic and Windermere).
 
Auslautverhärtung operates for plosives and is reflected in the orthography.
 
===Vowels===
Vietnamese/Ivris Modernis/Classical Netagin vowels?
 
'''i, ou, e, eu, o, ē, a, ō''' /i u e ö o ɛ a ɔ/
 
'''ae ao''' /əe əo/
 
'''u ia ua oua''' /ü ia üa ua/ from loans
 
==Morphology==
===Nouns===
Qazhrian lost grammatical gender and all nominal inflections except number and construct state.
 
Article mutation example:
*''tezh'' 'a child'; ''he dezh'' 'the child'
*''rond'' 'a man'; ''he zhond'' 'the man'
 
Construct state example:
*''tezhet he zhond'' 'the man's child'
 
===Verbs===
There are finite verbs, but auxiliaries are also important
 
==Syntax==

Latest revision as of 00:44, 9 August 2022

Pages with the prefix 'Qazhrian' in the and 'Talk' namespaces:

Talk:

Talman Lakovic or isolate with mutations, inspired loosely by Welsh

q > l soft mutation