Old Swuntsim

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:

• Talman Swutsim
• Naquian Swutsim

Phonology

Consonants

		Bilabial	Alveolar		Palatal	Velar		Radical		Glottal
			central	lateral		plain	labialized	plain	labialized
Nasal		m~ṽ	n~ð̃
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	χ	χʷ	h
Approximant					y		w	ʕ	ʕʷ

Grammar

Noun class system got weird - formal noun classes remain but the words semantically shift as in Sanskrit