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| '''s''' /s/
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| '''ł''' /ɬ/
| '''ł''' /ɬ/
| '''sr''' /ʂ/
| '''zr''' /ʂ/
| '''łr''' /ɬʵ/
| '''łr''' /ɬʵ/
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| '''tł''' /tɬ/
| '''tł''' /tɬ/
| '''tsr''' /ʈʂ/
| '''tzr''' /ʈʂ/
| '''tłr''' /ʈɬʵ/
| '''tłr''' /ʈɬʵ/
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| '''tzh ''' /tsʼ/
| '''tł' ''' /tɬʼ/
| '''tłh ''' /tɬʼ/
| '''tsr' ''' /ʈʂʼ/
| '''tzrh ''' /ʈʂʼ/
| '''tłr' ''' /ʈɬʵʼ/
| '''tłrh ''' /ʈɬʵʼ/
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IlL/Spare pages 1/28
in wékar whetmer
Pronunciation[/in wiəkəɭ ʍɛtmɛɭ/]
Created byIlL
SettingVerse:Tricin
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Early form
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Whetmer (English: /ˈʍɛtmər/ WHET-mer; natively: in wékar whetmer /in wiəkəɭ ʍɛtmɛɭ/, from Naquian in huēyacaz uehmiz) is the most divergent present day Naquic language spoken in the country of Whetmer. It's somewhat Faroese inspired.

Grand Master Plan

  • Stress shifts to initial.
  • hu- > w-, u- > wh-
  • Vz > Vr
  • ī > i; i > e before r; i otherwise
  • Get retroflexes from geminates

Phonology

Consonants

Labial Dental Retroflex Palatal Velar Glottal
central lateral central lateral plain labialized
Nasal m /m/ n /n/ nr /ɳ/ [ŋ]
Plosive tenuis p /p/ t /t/ tr /ʈ/ c /k/ qu /kʷ/ h /ʔ/
ejective ph /pʼ/ th /tʼ/ trh /ʈʼ/ ch /kʼ/
Fricative z /s/ ł /ɬ/ zr /ʂ/ łr /ɬʵ/ x /ɕ/
Affricate tenuis tz /ts/ tł /tɬ/ tzr /ʈʂ/ tłr /ʈɬʵ/ tx /tɕ/
ejective tzh /tsʼ/ tłh /tɬʼ/ tzrh /ʈʂʼ/ tłrh /ʈɬʵʼ/ txh /tɕʼ/
Approximant tenuis wh /ʍ/
voiced l, ll /l/ r /ɹ~ɭ/ y /j/ w /w/

Vowels

i í u ú e é o ó æ ǽ a á /i i: u u: e iə ə o uə æ æj ə ɑ:/

Grammar

Nouns and adjectives

Unlike other Naquic languages, Whetmer preserves much of Naquic declension.

  • cell 'song (nom sg)'; cella 'song (gen sg)'; celler 'song (nom pl)'; cellen 'song (gen pl)'

Verbs

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