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'''Qazhrian''' (/kɑːʒriən/ ''KAHZH-ree-uhn''; natively: ''Qazhrem'' /ˈqaʒrem/ or  ''e Lazhrem'' /ə ˈʟaʒrem/) is a [[Talmic]] language spoken in Qazhra (from Thensarian ''Ȝactrasē''), a [[Verse:Tricin/Etalocin|Talman]] country. It is descended from [[Thensarian]].
'''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]].


==External history==
==External history==
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Article mutation example:
Article mutation example:
*''tezh'' 'a child'; ''e dezh'' 'the child'
*''tezh'' 'a child'; ''he dezh'' 'the child'
*''ronn'' 'a man'; ''e zhonn'' 'the man'
*''ronn'' 'a man'; ''he zhonn'' 'the man'


Construct state example:  
Construct state example:  
*''tezhet e zhonn'' 'the man's child'
*''tezhet he zhonn'' 'the man's child'


===Verbs===
===Verbs===

Revision as of 20:42, 9 February 2018

Qazhrian (/kɑːʒriən/ KAHZH-ree-uhn; natively: Qazhrem /ˈqaʒrem/ or he Lazhrem /he ˈʟaʒrem/) is a Talmic language spoken in Qazhra (from Thensarian Ȝactrasē), a Talman country. It is descended from Thensarian.

External history

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

  • 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
  • = I
  • gwēzh = you (sg)
  • tezh = child
  • ronn = man
  • yenal = water
  • gwelh [gʷec] = name
  • get initial zh from mutations

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Alveolar Palatal Velar Labiovelar Uvular Glottal
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ nh /ɲ/ ng /ŋ/
Plosive voiceless p /p/ t /t/, ts /ts/ [c] k /k/ kw /kʷ/ q /q/
voiced b /b/ d /d/, dz /dz/ lh /ɟ/ g /g/ gw /gʷ/
Fricative voiceless f /f/ s /s/ sh /ʃ/ c'h /x/ ħ /χ/ h /h/
voiced v /v/ z /z/ zh /ʒ/ gh /ɣ/
Liquid r /r/ l /ɴ̆~ʟ/
Approximant y /j/ w /w/

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'
  • ronn 'a man'; he zhonn 'the man'

Construct state example:

  • tezhet he zhonn 'the man's child'

Verbs

There are finite verbs, but auxiliaries are also important

Syntax