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1 ʔit > אִיט ʔit | 1 ʔit > אִיט ʔit - | ||
2 ni[j]-s > נִי niH | 2 ni[j]-s > נִי niH- | ||
3 srum/sram > שָם šåm | 3 srum/sram > שָם šåm- | ||
4 s.lij-s > שִי šiH or maybe śiH | 4 s.lij-s > שִי šiH- or maybe śiH- | ||
5 C.ŋˁaʔ > עָה ȝåX | 5 C.ŋˁaʔ > עָה ȝåX+ | ||
6 luk- | 6 luk- | ||
7 tsit- | 7 tsit- | ||
Revision as of 16:54, 12 December 2019
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| Created by | IlL |
| Setting | an alt-history Earth |
Sino-Tibetan
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Sino-Tiberian (placeholder name) is a monosyllabic tonal descendant of Old Chinese with Tiberian Hebrew consonants and vowels. It can be written in the vocalized Hebrew alphabet with cantillation marks for tones.
It has begadkefat mutation after certain function words.
Numbers:
1 ʔit > אִיט ʔit - 2 ni[j]-s > נִי niH- 3 srum/sram > שָם šåm- 4 s.lij-s > שִי šiH- or maybe śiH- 5 C.ŋˁaʔ > עָה ȝåX+ 6 luk- 7 tsit- 8 hat- 9 kuX- (qoph initial) 10 tgəp > daP- (P is another tone that comes from loss of final p)
4, 5, 9, 10 trigger begadkefat
Phonology
Initials
Any Tiberian Hebrew consonant is a valid initial, up to grammatical mutation.
Vowels
Tiberian Hebrew vowels minus ultrashorts.
Finals
-m -n -3 -l -y -w -t -k