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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' ('' | '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (''tiSxwəncim'') was the ancient [[Tsimulh languages|Tsimulh language]] spoken by the Swuntsim people. It is still used as a liturgical language among [[Verse:Tricin/Swuntsim people|religious Swuntsim]]. | ||
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[[Category:Tsimulh languages|* | [[Category:Tsimulh languages|*]] | ||
Latest revision as of 03:08, 9 June 2020
Old Swuntsim (tiSxwəncim) was the ancient Tsimulh language spoken by the Swuntsim people. It is still used as a liturgical language among religious Swuntsim.
Descendants:
- Modern Swuntsim
- Naquian Swuntsim
GMP
Tsimulh low tone > breathy voice (vowels not devoiced yet; devoiced vowels are partly merged)
Two consecutive breathy vowels > just the first vowel drops.
Satemization
Phonology
Sacred Swuntsim lost Proto-Tsimulh tones.
Consonants
Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Uvular | Glottal | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
central | lateral | plain | labialized | plain | labialized | |||||
Nasal | m | n | ||||||||
Stop | plain | p | t | k | kw | ʔ | ||||
voiced | b | d | g | gw | ||||||
ejective | pʼ | tʼ | kʼ | kwʼ | qʼ | qwʼ | ||||
Affricate | plain | c | ξ | č | ||||||
voiced | z | j | ||||||||
ejective | cʼ | ξʼ | čʼ | |||||||
Fricative | s | σ | š | xw | χ | χw | h | |||
Approximant | y | w | ȝ | ȝw |
Vowels
Clear vowels: i u ə a
Grammar
Noun class system got weird - formal noun classes remain but the words semantically shift as in Sanskrit
Nouns
Noun classes
Sacred Swuntsim had a noun class system like the Bantu languages. There were 12 noun classes, which are numbered as follows:
- ʔə-, pl. cə-
- bu-, pl. də-
- p-, pl. əpi-
- s-, pl. dus-
- ut-, pl. pσə-
- ma-, pl. əwə-
- č-, pl. abi-
- gu-, pl. N-
- σi-, pl. wi-
- t-
- t’im-
- pda-
Cases
- Nominative: -0
- Genitive: -s
Verbs
Noun class prefixes
- I = kwə-/kw-
- you (sg) = xwə-/xw-
- we = wə-
- you (pl) = cu-
- Noun class prefixes:
- ʔə-, pl. cə-/c-
- bu-, pl. də-/d-
- p-, pl. əpi-/əp-
- s-, pl. dus-
- ut-, pl. pσə-/pσ-
- ma-/mə-, pl. əwə-/u-
- k-/č-, pl. abi-/əb-
- gu-, pl. N-
- σi-/σ-, pl. wi-
- ti-/t-, no plural
- t’im-, no plural
- pda-/pdə- (common for abstract nouns), no plural
Tense affixes
-s - past tense