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Phonology

• th~ts merger like Hanoi Vietnamese
• Czh clusters = /Cj/ in Modern Tseezh, while it was /Cr/ in Classical Tseezh.
• Syllable-final zh = [ʃ] in Modern Tseezh.
• Otherwise zh = [r] in Modern Tseezh.
• dh is pronounced [ɣ] in conservative accents. Usually it disappears and causes compensatory lengthening of the previous vowel.
• Unstressed nasal vowels > syllabic nasals: oozhad > nzhad

Nasal/nonnasal vowel split

a e i o u ø /ɑ æ i o ü ə/ + adh edh idh odh udh ødh (long versions)

aa ee ii oo uu øø = /ã ẽj~ẽ e õw~õ u ɚ/ + aadh eedh iidh oodh uudh øødh long versions [These also occur for V + nasal consonant]

e /æ/ is [ɛ] before zh.

o /o/ is [u] after /w/.

Morphology

Verbs

Modern Tseezh retains most of the Classical verb morphology but changed some of the meanings.

Verb template

TAM-pluractionality-feminine-voice-ROOT?

Agreement

Feminine subject: va-

Voice

Passive: haa- (~ Windermere ha-)

Verbal number

Pluractionality: e-, ee- or eFe- (cf. Windermere enFă- frequentative)

TAM

Aspects/Tenses (needs some fusion):

• 0- = atelic past
• tho- = telic past
• we- = atelic nonpast
• otho- = telic nonpast (often future)

Imperative?

Syntax

VSOX, VSXO with pronominal objects

Sample texts

UDHR, Article 1

Eehayxeew vikhon zhakhod mog xiwakoo de thøzh me nfidhx de xanøkhx.

PLACT-PASS-give_birth all human to free and equal in dignity and rights.

All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights.