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==Phonology== | ==Phonology== | ||
Like Proto-Tsimulh but no ejectives? | Like Proto-Tsimulh but no ejectives? | ||
===Consonants=== | |||
{| class="bluetable" style=text-align:center | |||
|-style="font-size: 90%;" | |||
!colspan=2 rowspan=2| | |||
!rowspan=2| Bilabial | |||
!colspan=2| Alveolar | |||
!rowspan=2| Palatal | |||
!colspan=2| Velar | |||
!colspan=2| Pharyngeal | |||
!rowspan=2| Glottal | |||
|- | |||
! <small>central</small> | |||
! <small>lateral</small> | |||
! <small>plain</small> | |||
! <small>labialized</small> | |||
! <small>plain</small> | |||
! <small>labialized</small> | |||
|- | |||
!colspan=2| Nasal | |||
| m | |||
| n | |||
| | |||
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| | |||
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|- | |||
!rowspan=3| Stop | |||
! <small>plain</small> | |||
| p | |||
| t | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| k | |||
| kʷ | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| ʔ | |||
|- | |||
! <small>voiced</small> | |||
| b | |||
| d | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| g | |||
| gʷ | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! <small>ejective</small> | |||
| pʼ | |||
| tʼ | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| kʼ | |||
| kʷʼ | |||
| | |||
| | |||
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|- | |||
!rowspan=3| Affricate | |||
! <small>plain</small> | |||
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| c | |||
| ξ | |||
| č | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
|- | |||
! <small>voiced</small> | |||
| | |||
| z | |||
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| ž | |||
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| | |||
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|- | |||
! <small>ejective</small> | |||
| | |||
| cʼ | |||
| ξʼ | |||
| čʼ | |||
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| | |||
| | |||
| | |||
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|- | |||
!colspan=2| Fricative | |||
| | |||
| s | |||
| σ | |||
| š | |||
| | |||
| xʷ | |||
| ħ | |||
| ħʷ | |||
| h | |||
|- | |||
!colspan=2| Approximant | |||
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| y | |||
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| w | |||
| ʕ | |||
| ʕʷ | |||
| | |||
|} | |||
==Grammar== | ==Grammar== | ||
Noun class system got weird - formal noun classes remain but the words semantically shift as in Sanskrit | Noun class system got weird - formal noun classes remain but the words semantically shift as in Sanskrit | ||
[[Category:Tsimulh languages]] | [[Category:Tsimulh languages]] | ||
Revision as of 21:54, 21 March 2018
Old Swuntsim was the ancient Tsimulh language spoken by the Swutsim people. It is still often used as a liturgical language among religious Swutsim.
Descendants:
Phonology
Like Proto-Tsimulh but no ejectives?
Consonants
| Bilabial | Alveolar | Palatal | Velar | Pharyngeal | 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 | ||||||
| Affricate | plain | c | ξ | č | ||||||
| voiced | z | ž | ||||||||
| ejective | cʼ | ξʼ | čʼ | |||||||
| Fricative | s | σ | š | xʷ | ħ | ħʷ | h | |||
| Approximant | y | w | ʕ | ʕʷ | ||||||
Grammar
Noun class system got weird - formal noun classes remain but the words semantically shift as in Sanskrit