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''' | '''Gwrengax''' (/gʷrengax/) is a [[Bjeheond]]ian language isolate inspired by Welsh, (Baxter-Sagart) Old Chinese, and Khasi. It is grammatically very similar to Modern [[Naeng]] and Vernacular [[Netagin]] but a bit less strictly head-initial, like Hmong. | ||
Gibberish: | Gibberish: | ||
Ŋwran tanxwlej be toh ma'aŋ siknagw, sy tu xyzell ham. Byrroŋ tyx kwosra nsoj xyh netsull, namte 'asmad se ykw'arij. | |||
Maxwell = a name | |||
*gwnax = hello | |||
*takrir = hello | |||
*erku = town, city; forms city names (can this be justified with Armenian-like sound changes from a proto-language?) | |||
*Erkwed, Erkwisŋwal = name of cities | |||
*xwahan = forest | |||
*dlowŋ = wheel | |||
*llymboj = horse | |||
*wok = good | |||
*'lats = livestock | |||
*lats = to sustain, to provide | |||
*kwa = stone | |||
*kykwa = boulder | |||
*wansem = plough | |||
*pruk = end | |||
*gemra = to live | |||
*aknull = paint, color | |||
*mnep = vase | |||
*be = past particle | |||
1: pos | 1: pos | ||
2: | 2: wyŋ | ||
3: yhew | 3: yhew | ||
4: taxwi | 4: taxwi | ||
5: azep | 5: azep | ||
6: rynoj | 6: rynoj | ||
7: | 7: kwlyŋ | ||
8: tsil | 8: tsil | ||
9: | 9: masah | ||
10: | 10: ŋwet | ||
==History== | |||
Gwrengax is believed to be the only surviving descendant of the pre-[[Lakovic]], pre-[[Idavic]] indigenous languages of Bjeheond. | |||
==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
===Vowels=== | ===Vowels=== | ||
'''a e i o u y''' /a e i o u ɨ/ | '''a e i o u y''' /a e i o u ɨ/ | ||
===Consonants=== | ===Consonants=== | ||
'''m n | '''m n ŋ ŋw p t ts k kw ' b d z g gw s x xw h l r ll rr w''' /m n ŋ ŋʷ p t ts k kʷ ʔ b d dz g gʷ s x xʷ h l r ɬ r̥ w/ | ||
/s ts dz/ palatalize to [ɕ t͡ɕ d͡ʑ] before /i/ | |||
===Phonotactics=== | |||
Allowed initial clusters are: | |||
*RR: mn ml mr nl nr ŋl ŋr ŋwl ŋwr 'l 'r | |||
*PR: pl pr tl tr kn kl kr kwn kwl kwr | |||
*BR: bl br dl dr gn gl gr gwn gwl gwr | |||
*FR: xn xl xr xwn xwl xwr xŋ xŋw | |||
Allowed finals are: -' -p -t -k -kw -b -d -g -gw -m -n -ŋ -l -r -j -w -s -ts | |||
Coda clusters are prohibited. | |||
== Syntax == | |||
Should be like Hmong | |||
=== Pronouns === | |||
pronouns: | |||
(sg du pl) | |||
1: hoj, 'ra, kob | |||
2: yp, ryws, llyj | |||
3: piw, wek, xom' | |||
Possessive pronouns precde nouns: ''hoj ŋro'' 'my house'. | |||